Advanced Access Manager <= 6.6.1 — Authenticated Authorization Bypass and Privilege Escalation
CVE-2020-35935Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤6.6.1Update to 6.6.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- 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≤ 6.6.1
- Patched in6.6.2
Update to 6.6.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 6.6.1. Version 6.6.2 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 6.6.2, 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 Ram.
The Advanced Access Manager plugin before 6.6.2 for WordPress allows privilege escalation on profile updates via the aam_user_roles POST parameter if Multiple Role support is enabled. (The mechanism for deciding whether a user was entitled to add a role did not work in various custom-role scenarios.)
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤7.1.0Update to 7.1.1 | CVE-2026-42674 | |
| 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 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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