Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Advanced Access Manager Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2020-35935

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Advanced Access Manager
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 January 2021

What is CVE-2020-35935?

The Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress, prior to version 6.6.2, contains a vulnerability that enables privilege escalation during user profile updates. This occurs when the Multiple Role support feature is enabled, allowing an unauthorized user to manipulate the aam_user_roles POST parameter. The existing role-checking mechanism fails in certain scenarios involving custom roles, potentially granting users unintended privileges.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/08/high-severity-vuln...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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