CVE-2024-9658

What it is

The School Management System for Wordpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 93.0.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email and password through the mj_smgt_update_user() and mj_smgt_add_admission() functions, along with a local file inclusion vulnerability. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with student-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses and passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account. This was escalated four months ago after no response to our initial outreach, yet it still vulnerable.

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.

Exploit odds

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

1. 2025-03-07 09:15 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-06-17 08:25 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Details

Published

2025-03-07 09:15 UTC

Last modified

2026-06-17 08:25 UTC

Exploit probability

0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days

Weakness

CWE-288

Record status

Analyzed

Affected

• Dasinfomedia School Management System ≤ 93.0.0

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 8.8

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges needed

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High