The School Management < 9.9.7 - Unauthenticated RCE via REST api
Priority HIGH 84CWE-94Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
The School Management WordPress plugin before 9.9.7 contains an obfuscated backdoor injected in it's license checking code that registers a REST API handler, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code on the site.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.64075 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed school-management-pro (Unknown): 9.9.7
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | school-management-pro | before 9.9.7 | 9.9.7 | Patch available | CNA |
- school-management-pro VendorUnknown Affected before 9.9.7 Fixed in 9.9.7 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA school-management-pro (Unknown) Fixed in 9.9.7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-1609
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4g99-5gw9-42hv
References
More Weblizar School Management vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-22381 WordPress The School Management Pro plugin <= 10.3.4 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
Sources
- CVE-2022-1609 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-1609 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4g99-5gw9-42hv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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