RCE in Weblizar School Management
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.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.641 (99.2th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.641 · newest: 0.641 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Weblizar School Management
- School-Management-Pro — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/e2d546c9-85b6-47a4-b951-781b9ae5d0f2/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-1609?
- CVE-2022-1609 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Weblizar School Management, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-01-16.
- How severe is CVE-2022-1609?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-1609 known to be exploited?
- 22 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.