Description
WordPress Plugin Admin Management Xtended is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to bypass the expected capabilities check and perform otherwise restricted actions such as change post/media excerpt or post title. WordPress Plugin Admin Management Xtended version 2.4.0 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.
Remediation
Update to plugin version 2.4.0.1 or latest
References
http://security.szurek.pl/admin-management-xtended-240-privilege-escalation.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38966/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-management-xtended/changelog/
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