Advanced Access Manager <= 5.9.8.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read
| CVSS | 9.8 (Critical) |
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| Publicly Published | September 9, 2019 |
| Last Updated | January 16, 2023 |
| Researcher |
Ov3rfly
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Description
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
Wordfence blocked 313,417 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.
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1 affected software package
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug | advanced-access-manager (view on wordpress.org) |
| Patched? | Yes |
| Remediation | Update to version 5.9.9, or a newer patched version |
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