Simple Local Avatars <= 2.7.11 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) User Cache Clearing
Priority LOW 20CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Simple Local Avatars plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of datadue to a missing capability check on the sla_clear_user_cache function in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to clear user caches.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00343 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-10786
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vv57-3j5w-fc23
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e2619d50-e295-4e13-91d4-f998b8aa5be4?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-local-avatars/tags/2.7.11/includes/class-simple-local-avatars.php#L1374
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3186674/simple-local-avatars/tags/2.8.0/includes/class-simple-local-avatars.php
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Sources
- CVE-2024-10786 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-10786 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vv57-3j5w-fc23 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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