Embedded malicious code (backdoor) in School Management Pro - CVE-2022-1609
Published: May 23, 2022 / Updated: July 5, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63550
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1609
CWE-ID: CWE-506
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the application.
The vulnerability exists due to presence of embedded malicious functionality in the application code (aka backdoor) that allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the application.
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
Affected software
School Management Pro
How to mitigate CVE-2022-1609
Install updates from vendor's website.
School Management Pro - update to 9.9.7
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #9173 - cve-2022-1609-exploit (Exploit for CVE-2022-1609 WordPress Weblizar Backdoor.) (July 5, 2023)
- Exploit #9001 - cve-2022-1609-exploit (Exploit for CVE-2022-1609 WordPress Weblizar Backdoor.) (April 22, 2023)
- Exploit #8008 - -CVE-2022-1609 (Bash poc for CVE-2022-1609 WordPress Weblizar Backdoor) (June 9, 2022)
- Exploit #8001 - CVE-2022-1609 () (June 9, 2022)
- Exploit #7955 - CVE-2022-1609 (Bash poc for CVE-2022-1609 WordPress Weblizar Backdoor) (June 3, 2022)
- Exploit #7904 - CVE-2022-1609 (CVE-2022-1609 WordPress Weblizar后门) (May 27, 2022)