{
 "id": "WPSEC-2026-1252",
 "url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1252/",
 "json_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1252/advisory.json",
 "markdown_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1252/index.md",
 "title": "Advanced Access Manager – Access Governance for WordPress <= 8.0.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Authorization Bypass to Privilege Escalation via JWT REST Endpoints",
 "description": "The Access Governance for WordPress (aka AAM) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass via the aam/v2/jwts and aam/v2/jwt/{id} REST endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 8.0.1, due to the 'access_level' parameter being optional, which skips the checks that the caller may manage users and may edit the user given in 'user_id'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with AAM JWT management access, such as site administrators on a multisite network or delegated AAM managers, to issue, read, refresh or revoke JSON Web Tokens for any user, including network super administrators, and then log in as that user.",
 "plugin": {
  "slug": "advanced-access-manager",
  "name": "Advanced Access Manager – Access Governance for WordPress",
  "full_name": "Access Governance for WordPress (aka AAM)",
  "wordpress_org": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-access-manager/",
  "advisories_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/plugin/advanced-access-manager/",
  "attacksurface": "https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/advanced-access-manager"
 },
 "type": "PRIV",
 "cwe": [
  "CWE-863"
 ],
 "cve": [],
 "cvss": {
  "version": "3.1",
  "score": 7.2,
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "severity": "High"
 },
 "affected": {
  "ranges": [
   {
    "from": null,
    "from_inclusive": true,
    "to": "8.0.2",
    "to_inclusive": false
   }
  ],
  "text": [
   "all versions before 8.0.2"
  ]
 },
 "introduced_in": null,
 "fixed_in": "8.0.2",
 "remediation": "Update to 8.0.2 or later.",
 "fix_released": "2026-10-19T00:17:30+00:00",
 "published": "2026-10-20T10:08:26+00:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-20T09:12:20.479815+00:00",
 "also_published_as": null,
 "references": [
  "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1252/",
  "https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/advanced-access-manager/tags/8.0.2/",
  "https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-access-manager/"
 ],
 "attacksurface_url": "https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/advanced-access-manager",
 "source": "WPSec",
 "license": {
  "name": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
 },
 "usage": {
  "plugin": "Medium",
  "affected_versions": "Low",
  "as_of": "2026-10-20"
 }
}