Simple Local Avatars <= 2.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Avatar Migration

Missing Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2025-8482
CVSS	Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published	August 11, 2025
Last Updated	August 12, 2025
Researcher	Håkon Harnes

Description

The Simple Local Avatars plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data in version 2.8.4. This is due to a missing capability check on the migrate_from_wp_user_avatar() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to migrate avatar metadata for all users.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	simple-local-avatars (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.8.4
Patched Version	2.8.5

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