Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-9637School Management System – WPSchoolPress <= 2.2.10 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Teacher+) Account Takeover/Privilege Escalation
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in School Management System – WPSchoolPress from jdsofttech. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The School Management System – WPSchoolPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.10. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with teacher-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| jdsofttech | School Management System – WPSchoolPress | 0 – through 2.2.10 |
Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/411693fc-9df3-44b1-9a6f-58a6e8ef23b8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpschoolpress/tags/2.2.9/lib/wpsp-ajaxworks-teacher.php#L598
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3178510/wpschoolpress/trunk/lib/wpsp-ajaxworks-teacher.php