CVE-2024-12609

School Management System for Wordpress <= 92.0.0 - Authenticated (Student+) SQL Injection via 'view-attendance'

2025-03-06 00:00
shaman0x01

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 93.0.0
Affected Plugin
School Management System for Wordpress
Affected Version
<= 92.0.0
CVSS
6.5Medium
Weakness type
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE
CVE-2024-12609
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At a glance

CVE-2024-12609 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the School Management System for Wordpress WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 92.0.0. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Student level or above. The issue is fixed in version 93.0.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2025, reported by shaman0x01.

Vulnerability Overview

The School Management System for Wordpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'view-attendance' page in all versions up to, and including, 92.0.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query in the mj_smgt_view_student_attendance() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Student-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

School Management System for Wordpress <= 92.0.0 carries this weakness at view-attendance, and reaching it takes an account at Student level or above. SQL injection happens when request data is concatenated into a query instead of being bound as a parameter, letting an attacker change the structure of the statement rather than just its values.

A working injection can read any table the database user can see, which on a WordPress install means user records, password hashes and session or API secrets stored in options. For School Management System for Wordpress the fix is 93.0.0: builds <= 92.0.0 are affected, anything from 93.0.0 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 93.0.0, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Student access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: School Management System for Wordpress 93.0.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12609https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a8790df5-7228-4854-870c-1e6d3d0cfbaahttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12609

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