Paul Bearne Author Avatars List Block Plugin up to 2.1.25 on WordPress authorization

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Paul Bearne Author Avatars List Block Plugin up to 2.1.25 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-39690. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Paul Bearne Author Avatars List Block Plugin up to 2.1.25 on WordPress. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Paul Bearne Author Avatars List/Block author-avatars allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Author Avatars List/Block: from n/a through <= 2.1.25.

The weakness was disclosed by Nabil Irawan. The advisory is shared at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-39690 since 04/07/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/08/2026).

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

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

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• Paul Bearne

Name

• Author Avatars List Block Plugin

Version

• 2.1.0
• 2.1.1
• 2.1.2
• 2.1.3
• 2.1.4
• 2.1.5
• 2.1.6
• 2.1.7
• 2.1.8
• 2.1.9
• 2.1.10
• 2.1.11
• 2.1.12
• 2.1.13
• 2.1.14
• 2.1.15
• 2.1.16
• 2.1.17
• 2.1.18
• 2.1.19
• 2.1.20
• 2.1.21
• 2.1.22
• 2.1.23
• 2.1.24
• 2.1.25

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