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CVE-2024-5639: User Profile Picture <= 2.6.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Profile Picture Update

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

Description

The User Profile Picture plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.1 via the 'rest_api_change_profile_image' function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to update the profile picture of any user.

Affected products

• User Profile Picture: before 2.6.2 — fixed in 2.6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: User Profile Picture 2.6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metronet-profile-picture/tags/2.6.1/metronet-profile-picture.php#L1122
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metronet-profile-picture/tags/2.6.1/metronet-profile-picture.php#L989
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3105132/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01a3b9ba-b18a-48d9-8365-d10f79fc6a6b?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metronet-profile-picture/tags/2.6.1/metronet-profile-picture.php#L1122
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metronet-profile-picture/tags/2.6.1/metronet-profile-picture.php#L989
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3105132/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01a3b9ba-b18a-48d9-8365-d10f79fc6a6b?source=cve

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