Easy Avatar Upload Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/easy-avatar-uploadAllows users to upload and manage a custom profile picture using the WordPress media library with enhanced security and user experience.
Is Easy Avatar Upload Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 100/100Easy Avatar Upload has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "easy-avatar-upload" plugin version 1.2 exhibits a mixed security posture. On the positive side, it demonstrates good coding practices by utilizing prepared statements for all SQL queries and properly escaping a very high percentage of its output. The absence of known CVEs and a clean vulnerability history are also positive indicators of the plugin's overall stability and security awareness. However, the presence of two AJAX handlers without explicit authentication checks represents a significant security concern. These unprotected entry points could potentially be leveraged by unauthenticated users to interact with the plugin in unintended ways, leading to various vulnerabilities depending on the specific functionality of these AJAX actions. The lack of any taint analysis results does not necessarily mean there are no flows, but rather that the analysis might have been limited or inconclusive. This, coupled with the unprotected AJAX endpoints, leaves room for potential security weaknesses that were not detected by the provided static analysis.
Key Concerns
- AJAX handlers without auth checks
Easy Avatar Upload Security Vulnerabilities
Easy Avatar Upload Release Timeline
Easy Avatar Upload Code Analysis
Output Escaping
Easy Avatar Upload Attack Surface
AJAX Handlers 2
Shortcodes 1
WordPress Hooks 8
Maintenance & Trust
Easy Avatar Upload Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Easy Avatar Upload Developer Profile
2 plugins · 60 total installs
How We Detect Easy Avatar Upload
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
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