CVE-2019-25213: Advanced Access Manager <= 5.9.8.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read in versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.1 due to insufficient validation on the aam-media parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to read any file on the server, including sensitive files such as wp-config.php

Affected products

AAM Advanced Access Manager – Restricted Content, Users & Roles, Enhanced Security and More: through 5.9.8.1

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2098838/advanced-access-manager/trunk/application/Core/Media.php?old=2151316&old_path=advanced-access-manager%2Ftrunk%2Fapplication%2FCore%2FMedia.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/55e0f0df-7be2-4e18-988c-2cc558768eff?source=cve

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