Known vulnerabilities in Simple Local Avatars

Adds an avatar upload field to user profiles. Generates requested sizes on demand just like Gravatar!

4Reported vulnerabilities

5.3Highest CVSS score

2.8.6Latest version

100,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Simple Local Avatars to 2.8.5 or later. 4 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: May 11, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2022-25881	Medium 5.3	1.6%	2.7.3 and earlier	`2.7.4`	February 23, 2023
CVE-2025-8482	Medium 4.3	0.3%	0 to 2.8.4 (inclusive)	`2.8.5`	August 12, 2025
CVE-2024-10786	Medium 4.3	0.3%	0 to 2.7.11 (inclusive)	`2.8.0`	November 16, 2024
CVE-2024-43116	Medium 4.3	0.2%	2.7.10 and earlier	`2.7.11`	August 7, 2024

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.