TI-2025-01433 Aliases CVE-2025-1667 GHSA-4mr4-q2q7-hmgc

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

MEDIUM 40CWE-639Published 2025-03-15 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
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-639.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00368 30th 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: No
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
jdsofttech	School Management System – WPSchoolPress	up to 2.2.16	—	No fix listed	CNA

School Management System – WPSchoolPress Vendorjdsofttech Affected up to 2.2.16 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:igexsolutions:wpschoolpress::::::wordpress::*	up to 2.2.16	Vulnerable	jdsofttech

cpe:2.3:a:igexsolutions:wpschoolpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 2.2.16 Vulnerable ·jdsofttech

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1667
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4mr4-q2q7-hmgc

References

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e54f98bc-c538-4f3c-b24a-6e778a3748ef?source=cve

Other 2

TI-2023-04403 WPSchoolPress < 2.2.5 - Teacher+ SQLi CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-08941 Authorization bypass in jdsofttech School Management System – WPSchoolPress CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-06859 WPSchoolPress < 2.1.10 - Multiple Authenticated SQL Injections CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2025-01436 School Management System – WPSchoolPress <= 2.2.16 - Authenticated (Parent+) SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2025-01435 School Management System – WPSchoolPress <= 2.2.17 - Authenticated (Teacher+) SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2024-11439 School Management System – WPSchoolPress <= 2.2.14 - Authenticated (Student/Parent+) SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

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Sources

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