CVE-2020-35935

Public Exploit

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.)

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.37%

Third-Party Advisory wordfence.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/08/high-severity-vulnerability-patched-in-advanced-access-manager/	third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-35935?: CVE-2020-35935 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-35935?: To fix CVE-2020-35935, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-35935 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2020-35935 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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