CVE-2024-9658
"Wordpress School Management System Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"
Description
The School Management System for Wordpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 93.0.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email and password through the mj_smgt_update_user() and mj_smgt_add_admission() functions, along with a local file inclusion vulnerability. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with student-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses and passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account. This was escalated four months ago after no response to our initial outreach, yet it still vulnerable.
INFO
Published Date :
March 7, 2025, 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
March 13, 2025, 2:58 p.m.
Source :
security@wordfence.com
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
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Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov
Mar. 13, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE CWE-306 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:dasinfomedia:school_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (including) 93.0.0 Added Reference Type Wordfence: https://codecanyon.net/item/school-management-system-for-wordpress/11470032 Types: Product Added Reference Type Wordfence: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5fd7bca-7754-4f83-8e51-5278e6e8cc78?source=cve Types: Third Party Advisory -
New CVE Received by security@wordfence.com
Mar. 07, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The School Management System for Wordpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 93.0.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email and password through the mj_smgt_update_user() and mj_smgt_add_admission() functions, along with a local file inclusion vulnerability. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with student-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses and passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account. This was escalated four months ago after no response to our initial outreach, yet it still vulnerable. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-288 Added Reference https://codecanyon.net/item/school-management-system-for-wordpress/11470032 Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5fd7bca-7754-4f83-8e51-5278e6e8cc78?source=cve
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