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28 known security issues reported for the Advanced Access Manager WordPress plugin. Most recent disclosed May 14, 2026.
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Scan your site freeThe Advanced Access Manager – Access Governance for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 7.1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.
[en] The Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read in versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.1 due to insufficient validation on the aam-media parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to read any file on the server, including sensitive files such as wp-confi...
The Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 6.9.20 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can suc...
[en] Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in AAM Advanced Access Manager allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Advanced Access Manager: from n/a through 6.9.20.
[en] Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in AAM Advanced Access Manager allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Advanced Access Manager: from n/a through 6.9.20.
The Advanced Access Manager – Restricted Content, Users & Roles, Enhanced Security and More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 6.9.20 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticat...
[en] Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in AAM Advanced Access Manager – Restricted Content, Users & Roles, Enhanced Security and More allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Advanced Access Manager – Restricted Content, Users & Roles, Enhanced Security and M...
[en] Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in AAM Advanced Access Manager – Restricted Content, Users & Roles, Enhanced Security and More allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Advanced Access Manager – Restricted Content, Users & Roles, Enhanced Security and M...
[en] URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in AAM Advanced Access Manager – Restricted Content, Users & Roles, Enhanced Security and More.This issue affects Advanced Access Manager – Restricted Content, Users & Roles, Enhanced Security and More: from n/a through 6.9.18.
The Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 6.9.18 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contri...
The Advanced Access Manager – Restricted Content, Users & Roles, Enhanced Security and More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Open Redirect in all versions up to, and including, 6.9.18. This is due to insufficient validation on the redirect url supplied via params->redirect parameter. This makes it possible for aut...
The Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via an unknown parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.9.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to...
[en] The Advanced Access Manager WordPress plugin before 6.8.0 does not escape some of its settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
The Advanced Access Manager WordPress plugin before 6.8.0 does not escape some of its settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
[en] The Advanced Access Manager plugin before 6.6.2 for WordPress displays the unfiltered user object (including all metadata) upon login via the REST API (aam/v1/authenticate or aam/v2/authenticate). This is a security problem if this object stores information that the user is not supposed to have (e.g., custom metad...
[en] 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.)
The Advanced Access Manager plugin before 6.6.2 for WordPress displays the unfiltered user object (including all metadata) upon login via the REST API (aam/v1/authenticate or aam/v2/authenticate). This is a security problem if this object stores information that the user is not supposed to have (e.g., custom metadata a...
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.)
[en] WordPress Advanced Access Manager Plugin before 2.8.2 has an Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
The Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read in versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.1 due to insufficient validation on the aam-media parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to read any file on the server, including sensitive files such as wp-config.php
The Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read in versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.1 due to insufficient validation on the aam-media parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to read any file on the server, including sensitive files such as wp-config.php
Arbitrary File Access/Download vulnerability found by "Props to Ov3rfly" in WordPress Advanced Access Manager plugin (versions <= 5.9.8.1).
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.
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.
Because of this vulnerability, users can change their privilege level. Update the plugin.
WordPress Advanced Access Manager Plugin before 2.8.2 has an Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
Advanced Access Manager does not properly check if a user is authorized to execute AJAX actions, which allows a user to change their privilege level.
The Advanced Access Manager WordPress plugin, versions before 5.9.9, allowed reading arbitrary files. This way one can download the wp-config.php file and get access to the database, which is publicly reachable on many servers. The affected function was the printMedia() function in the application/Core/Media.php fil...
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