Auth bypass in Dasinfomedia School Management System
CVE-2024-9658
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.
EPSS: 0.003 (26.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security@wordfence.com (Product)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-9658?
- CVE-2024-9658 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dasinfomedia School Management System, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-03-07.
- How severe is CVE-2024-9658?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-9658 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.