Unrestricted file upload in onedesigns One User Avatar | User Profile Picture
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.
Summary
The One User Avatar | User Profile Picture plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.4 via the wpua_action_process_option_update function. This is due to insufficient file type validation in wp_handle_upload() called without a MIME allow-list, with post-write validation relying on the attacker-controlled client-supplied Content-Type header rather than a server-derived type, and no cleanup of files that fail the check. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible. in order to exploit this vulnerability an admin has to give subscribers permission to upload avatars. While PHP files and svg files are rejected, dxfp files are accepted.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| onedesigns | One User Avatar | User Profile Picture | up to 2.5.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- One User Avatar | User Profile Picture Vendoronedesigns Affected up to 2.5.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-18983
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p2qh-mgvf-5q7f
- 2026-10-11 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f413b610-839a-4a93-aec5-b6566371ccb7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/one-user-avatar/trunk/includes/class-wp-user-avatar.php#L549
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/one-user-avatar/trunk/includes/class-wp-user-avatar.php#L546
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/one-user-avatar/trunk/includes/class-wp-user-avatar.php#L45
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3659509/one-user-avatar/trunk/includes/class-wp-user-avatar.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fone-user-avatar/tags/2.5.4&new_path=%2Fone-user-avatar/tags/2.5.5
More onedesigns vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-06957 One User Avatar < 2.3.7 - Avatar Update via CSRF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2011-03413 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Cover WP theme before 1.6.6 for WordPress… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2021-06954 One User Avatar < 2.3.7 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-18983 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-18983 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p2qh-mgvf-5q7f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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