CVE-2021-24473
User Profile Picture < 2.6.0 - Arbitrary User Picture Change/Deletion via IDOR
The User Profile Picture WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 was affected by an IDOR issue, allowing users with the upload_image capability (by default author and above) to change and delete the profile pictures of other users (including those with higher roles).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.4
The User Profile Picture WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 was affected by an IDOR issue, allowing users with the upload_image capability (by default author and above) to change and delete the profile pictures of other users (including those with higher roles).
- Record
CVE-2021-24473- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
User Profile Picture < 2.6.0 - Arbitrary User Picture Change/Deletion via IDOR
The User Profile Picture WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 was affected by an IDOR issue, allowing users with the upload_image capability (by default author and above) to change and delete the profile pictures of other users (including those with higher roles).
- Record
CVE-2021-24473- Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11385 No score
The User Profile Picture WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 was affected by an IDOR issue, allowing users with the upload_image capability (by default author and above) to change and delete the profile pictures of other users (including those with higher roles).
- Record
EUVD-2021-11385- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pf3f-6cwq-wv9h No score
The User Profile Picture WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 was affected by an IDOR issue, allowing...
The User Profile Picture WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 was affected by an IDOR issue, allowing users with the upload_image capability (by default author and above) to change and delete the profile pictures of other users (including those with higher roles).
- Record
GHSA-pf3f-6cwq-wv9h- Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24473 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Cozmoslabs User Profile Picture, published August 2, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.78%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.