# CVE-2020-35935: The Advanced Access Manager plugin before 6.6.2 for WordPress allows privilege escalation on profile updates via the aam\_user\_roles POST par

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-01-01 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.)

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## References

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

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