Incorrect Privilege Assignment in SakolaWP Lite - School Management System - CVE-2024-12470

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Incorrect Privilege Assignment in SakolaWP Lite - School Management System - CVE-2024-12470

Published: January 7, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU102413
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12470
CWE-ID: CWE-266
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: themesawesome
Affected software:
SakolaWP Lite - School Management System

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-12470

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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