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

> Authenticated attackers with Author access can modify any user's profile picture due to missing validation in the User Profile Picture plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vjf8-pc55-p8gm

## What is CVE-2024-5639?

CVE-2024-5639 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in cozmoslabs User Profile Picture, published on 21 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5639?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cozmoslabs User Profile Picture.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5639?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5639 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5639 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5639 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in cozmoslabs User Profile Picture

- [CVE-2021-24170](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24170/): User Profile Picture < 2.5.0 - Sensitive Information Disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-24473](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24473/): User Profile Picture < 2.6.0 - Arbitrary User Picture Change/Deletion via IDOR (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5639 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5639 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in cozmoslabs User Profile Picture, published on 21 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5639 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: cozmoslabs User Profile Picture. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5639/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5639/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5639
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5639
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5639

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5639/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.