school-management-pro Plugin up to 9.9.6 on WordPress REST API backdoor

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in school-management-pro Plugin up to 9.9.6 on WordPress. This affects an unknown function of the component REST API. The manipulation results in backdoor. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-1609. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in school-management-pro Plugin up to 9.9.6 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component REST API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a backdoor vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-912. The product contains functionality that is not documented, not part of the specification, and not accessible through an interface or command sequence that is obvious to the product's users or administrators. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The School Management WordPress plugin before 9.9.7 contains an obfuscated backdoor injected in it's license checking code that registers a REST API handler, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code on the site.

The weakness was released 01/16/2024. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-1609 since 05/06/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1588.001.

Upgrading to version 9.9.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Backdoor
CWE: CWE-912
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: school-management-pro Plugin 9.9.7

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05/06/2022 🔍
01/16/2024 +620 days 🔍
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06/02/2025 +503 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-1609 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-1609
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-250896

Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2024 18:30
Updated: 06/02/2025 18:23
Changes: 01/16/2024 18:30 (41), 02/06/2024 14:19 (11), 06/02/2025 18:23 (16)
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