Advanced Access Manager <= 3.2.1 — Unrestricted AJAX Actions allowing Privilege Escalation
8530affb-0b6e-4b71-acab-3561cccc1855Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <3.2.2Update to 3.2.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Access Governance for WordPress (aka AAM) advanced-access-manager
- Affected< 3.2.2
- Patched in3.2.2
Update to 3.2.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 3.2.2. Version 3.2.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Access Governance for WordPress (aka AAM).
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 3.2.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Access Governance for WordPress (aka AAM) to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to James Golovich.
The Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress does not use capability checks on any of its registered AJAX actions. This allows authenticated attackers with any privilege level, including subscribers, to perform actions including elevating their privileges to those of an administrator.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤6.9.20Update to 6.9.21 | CVE-2024-29127 | |
| Medium5.5 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤6.9.20Update to 6.9.21 | CVE-2024-29124 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ≤6.9.18Update to 6.9.19 | CVE-2023-51674 | |
| Medium4.3 | Authenticated (Author+) Open Redirect ≤6.9.18Update to 6.9.19 | CVE-2023-51675 |
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤7.1.0Update to 7.1.1
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤6.9.20Update to 6.9.21
- Medium5.5Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤6.9.20Update to 6.9.21
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
≤6.9.18Update to 6.9.19
- Medium4.3Authenticated (Author+) Open Redirect
≤6.9.18Update to 6.9.19
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.