School Management System: SQL injection
School Management System is affected by SQL injection. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- School Management System
- Plugin slug
wpschoolpress- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 16, 2023
This CVE was published Oct 16, 2023 and is one of 12 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update School Management System 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 School Management System WordPress plugin before 2.2.5 uses the WordPress esc_sql() function on a field not delimited by quotes and did not first prepare the query, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by relatively low-privilege users like Teachers.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H