PT-2024-39733 · WordPress · Wpschoolpress

Wesley · Published 2024-10-26 · Updated 2024-10-28 · CVE-2024-9637

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The School Management System – WPSchoolPress plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.2.10

Description The issue is related to privilege escalation via account takeover. This occurs because the plugin does not properly validate a user's identity before updating their details, such as email. As a result, authenticated attackers with teacher-level access or higher can change any user's email address, including those of administrators. This can be leveraged to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.2.10, update to a version higher than 2.2.10 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to user detail updates to prevent unauthorized changes.

Fix

IDOR

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-639

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9637

Affected Products

Wpschoolpress

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9637 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9637 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpschoolpress/tags/2.2.9/lib/wpsp-ajaxworks-teacher.php#L598 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/99599 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3178510/wpschoolpress/trunk/lib/wpsp-ajaxworks-teacher.php · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/9026 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/411693fc-9df3-44b1-9a6f-58a6e8ef23b8?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/1394 · Telegram Post