CVE-2025-1667

School Management System – WPSchoolPress <= 2.2.16 - Missing Authorization to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover

CVSS 8.8 HIGHEPSS 0.3%CWE-639

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 8.8EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

15 Mar 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

The School Management System – WPSchoolPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the wpsp_UpdateTeacher() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with teacher-level access and above, to update arbitrary user details including email which makes it possible to request a password reset and access arbitrary user accounts, including administrators.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

jdsofttech · School Management System – WPSchoolPress

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References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpschoolpress/tags/2.2.16/lib/wpsp-ajaxworks-teacher.php#L544 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpschoolpress/tags/2.2.17/lib/wpsp-ajaxworks-teacher.php#L544 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e54f98bc-c538-4f3c-b24a-6e778a3748ef?source=cve