Vulnerability in School-management-pro
CVE-2022-1609
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.
EPSS: 0.935 (99.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Unknown School-management-pro — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/e2d546c9-85b6-47a4-b951-781b9ae5d0f2/ (exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-1609?
- CVE-2022-1609 is a vulnerability in School-management-pro, classified under CWE-94 IMPROPER CONTROL OF GENERATION OF CODE ('CODE INJECTION'). Published 2024-01-16.
- Is CVE-2022-1609 known to be exploited?
- 22 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.