TI-2020-18378 Aliases CVE-2020-35935 GHSA-6v5w-2xvc-ghhh

The Advanced Access Manager plugin before 6.6.2 for WordPress allows privilege escalation…

MEDIUM 41Published 2021-01-01 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.)

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01481 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:vasyltech:advanced_access_manager::::::wordpress::*	before 6.6.2	Vulnerable	AAM

cpe:2.3:a:vasyltech:advanced_access_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 6.6.2 Vulnerable ·AAM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-35935
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6v5w-2xvc-ghhh

References

Exploit 1

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

TI-2019-15267 Advanced Access Manager <= 5.9.8.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-05002 WordPress Advanced Access Manager Plugin before 2.8.2 has an Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2024-19301 WordPress Advanced Access Manager plugin <= 6.9.20 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2023-28321 WordPress Advanced Access Manager Plugin <= 6.9.18 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2023-27785 WordPress Advanced Access Manager Plugin <= 6.9.15 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2023-28322 WordPress Advanced Access Manager Plugin <= 6.9.18 is vulnerable to Open Redirection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

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Sources

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