Vulnerability · Published Jan 7, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-12470School Management System – SakolaWP <= 1.0.8 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in School Management System – SakolaWP from themesawesome. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The School Management System – SakolaWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.8. This is due to the registration function not properly limiting what roles a user can register as. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrative user.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| themesawesome | School Management System – SakolaWP | 0 – through 1.0.8 |
Weakness: CWE-266 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H