Advanced Access Manager <= 3.2.1 - Unrestricted AJAX Actions allowing Privilege Escalation

Improper Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published June 21, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher James Golovich
Description

The Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress does not use capability checks on any of its registered AJAX actions. This allows authenticated attackers with any privilege level, including subscribers, to perform actions including elevating their privileges to those of an administrator.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug advanced-access-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.2
Patched Version
  • 3.2.2
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