CVE-2020-35935

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-01-01 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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.)

Affected products

AAM Advanced Access Manager – Restricted Content, Users & Roles, Enhanced Security and More: before 6.6.2 — fixed in 6.6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: AAM Advanced Access Manager – Restricted Content, Users & Roles, Enhanced Security and More 6.6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/08/high-severity-vulnerability-patched-in-advanced-access-manager/
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/08/high-severity-vulnerability-patched-in-advanced-access-manager/

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