CVE-2020-35935 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 6.6.2. This flaw allows authenticated users to elevate their privileges during profile updates by manipulating the aam_user_roles POST parameter, particularly when Multiple Role support is enabled. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vasyltech:advanced_access_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.