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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| jdsofttech | School Management System – WPSchoolPress | <= 2.2.10 |
| jdsofttech | school_management_system | <= 2.2.10 |
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpschoolpress/tags/2.2.9/lib/wpsp-ajaxworks-teacher.php#L598Product
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3178510/wpschoolpress/trunk/lib/wpsp-ajaxworks-teacher.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/411693fc-9df3-44b1-9a6f-58a6e8ef23b8?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 26, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified