Improper Authorization in Advanced Access Manager - #VU45822
Published: August 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45822
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of permissions. A remote authenticated user can send a specially crafted HTTP POST request to the wp-admin/profile.php with typical profile update parameters and appending a aam_user_roles[] parameter set to the role they would like to use.
Affected software
Advanced Access Manager
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Advanced Access Manager - update to 6.6.2