CVE-2022-1609

critical

Description

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.

References

https://github.com/w4r3s/cve-2022-1609-exploit

https://github.com/syscall21h/cve-2022-1609-exploit

https://github.com/realsiao/cve-2022-1609-exploit

https://github.com/WitchWatcher/cve-2022-1609-exploit

https://github.com/0x007f/cve-2022-1609-exploit

https://github.com/savior-only/CVE-2022-1609

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e2d546c9-85b6-47a4-b951-781b9ae5d0f2/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-01-16

Updated: 2025-06-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H