Scott Taylor Avatar Plugin up to 0.1.4 on WordPress authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Scott Taylor Avatar Plugin up to 0.1.4 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-39434. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Scott Taylor Avatar Plugin up to 0.1.4 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Scott Taylor Avatar allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Avatar: from n/a through 0.1.4.

The weakness was published by Nguyen Xuan Chien. The advisory is shared for download at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-39434 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/17/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.3
CNA Vector (Patchstack): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
04/17/2025 +1 days Advisory disclosed
04/17/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/17/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Nguyen Xuan Chien
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-39434 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-39434
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-305420

Entryinfo

Created: 04/17/2025 05:42 PM
Changes: 04/17/2025 05:42 PM (63)
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Cache ID: 244:65A:40

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