CVE-2020-35935 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Privilege escalation in Advanced Access Manager plugin allows users to add unauthorized roles during profile updates when Multiple Role support is enabled.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-35935?

CVE-2020-35935 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jan 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.)

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-35935?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vasyltech Advanced Access Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2020-35935?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-35935 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-35935 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-35935 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6v5w-2xvc-ghhh.

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