CVE-2022-1609

The School Management < 9.9.7 - Unauthenticated RCE via REST api

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Published Jan 16, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 64.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

school-management-pro

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 9.9.7

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:weblizar:school_management:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 64.1% (64.075% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e2d546c9-85b6-47a4-b951-781b9ae5d0f2/

History

Jul 15, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.9353}`	epss `{'score': 0.9294}`

Jun 2, 2025 8:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Weblizar School Management

Weaknesses

CWE-94

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jun 2, 2025, 3:10 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Jan 16, 2024, 3:52 PM
Updated: Jun 2, 2025, 3:10 PM
Reserved: May 6, 2022, 1:37 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 12:10 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 12:10 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:22 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 16, 2024, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:22 AM

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