Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Aug 12, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-8482
CVE-2025-8482
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.
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Affected products
2=2.8.4+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =2.8.4
- (no CPE)range: = 2.8.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-local-avatars/tags/2.8.4/includes/class-simple-local-avatars.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-local-avatars/tags/2.8.4/includes/class-simple-local-avatars.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/69d78334-2b38-43ee-acf6-c073d5826213nvd
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