School Management System – SakolaWP <= 1.0.8 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-266Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.
Summary
The School Management System – SakolaWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.8. This is due to the registration function not properly limiting what roles a user can register as. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrative user.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00659 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| themesawesome | School Management System – SakolaWP | up to 1.0.8 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- School Management System – SakolaWP Vendorthemesawesome Affected up to 1.0.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-12470
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9g93-pxpv-276m
- 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More themesawesome vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-17402 WordPress History Timeline plugin <= 1.0.5 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2025-38472 WordPress History Timeline plugin <= 1.0.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2024-12686 School Management System – SakolaWP <= 1.0.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Exam Setting Manipulation CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-12470 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-12470 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9g93-pxpv-276m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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