# Access Governance for WordPress (aka AAM)

> Access Governance for WordPress. Understand, control, and continuously govern who and what can access your WordPress website.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `advanced-access-manager`
- Author: AAM Plugin
- Version: 8.0.2
- Active installs: 100,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-19 (25 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.2, PHP 8.0
- Tags: access governance, api security, restricted content, security, user roles
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-access-manager/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 25 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- FLAG: Requires PHP 8.0 or newer, above WordPress's own minimum (PHP 7.4).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Phones home ↔ Private, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-06-01 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 7.1.0). CVE-2026-42674, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/15eaba51-e46f-4725-a6f9-7969bf00db5a?source=api-prod
- 2024-03-20 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 6.9.20). CVE-2024-29127, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a752e211-5ae2-4b85-ac01-872dc829d84c?source=api-prod
- 2024-03-16 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 6.9.20). CVE-2024-29124, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e96e94f8-f61c-4458-9ede-53bab30502b6?source=api-prod
- 2023-12-27 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Author+) Open Redirect (up to 6.9.18). CVE-2023-51675, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1eb25ef3-28ea-4f8f-932a-e90ca1914e8d?source=api-prod
- 2023-12-27 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode (up to 6.9.18). CVE-2023-51674, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1bf4f77-9539-4a9f-afec-f43f602c684f?source=api-prod
- 2023-12-26 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 6.9.15). CVE-2023-50881, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5c50b451-519c-4da8-93ce-b84e594e6775?source=api-prod
- 2021-10-19 MEDIUM: Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 6.8.0). CVE-2021-24830, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f7e0aa7-8834-4ff1-9ced-5d740936c721?source=api-prod
- 2020-08-20 MEDIUM: Authenticated Information Disclosure (up to 6.6.1). CVE-2020-35934, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d1c9da9c-8a92-44fd-a35a-4c6d3777901f?source=api-prod
- 2020-08-14 HIGH: Authenticated Authorization Bypass and Privilege Escalation (up to 6.6.1). CVE-2020-35935, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5e6de586-5621-4eb2-8150-cb42562d289f?source=api-prod
- 2019-09-09 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read (before 5.9.9). CVE-2019-25213, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/55e0f0df-7be2-4e18-988c-2cc558768eff?source=api-prod
- 2016-06-21 HIGH: Unrestricted AJAX Actions allowing Privilege Escalation (before 3.2.2). WF-8530affb-0b6e-4b71-acab-3561cccc1855, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8530affb-0b6e-4b71-acab-3561cccc1855?source=api-prod
- 2014-08-20 HIGH: Arbitrary File Overwrite (before 2.8.3). CVE-2014-6059, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b526b331-8c02-44b1-9555-156afe7ad45a?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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