WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2017-14766 Deferred

Simple Student Result: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass

Simple Student Result is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.

CVE / CNA score 7.5 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 7.5 CVSS 3.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Simple Student Result
Plugin slug
simple-student-result
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Sep 27, 2017
Weakness
CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

This CVE was published Sep 27, 2017 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Simple Student Result to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The Simple Student Result plugin before 1.6.4 for WordPress has an Authentication Bypass vulnerability because the fn_ssr_add_st_submit() function and fn_ssr_del_st_submit() function in functions.php only require knowing the student id number.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Primary and upstream sources