SB2025010744 - Privilege escalation in School Management System – SakolaWP plugin for WordPress

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12470)

CWE-ID: CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to due to the registration function not properly limiting what roles a user can register as, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/sakolawp-lite/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/db1c581b-5cc9-46c0-ba5d-605642697729?source=cve