CVE-2022-1609 in the critical feed json
The School Management < 9.9.7 - Unauthenticated RCE via REST api
published 2024-01-16 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-24898
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 64.1%
- EPSS 64.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known, plus a Nuclei check
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.
Patch / fix
- Unknown school-management-pro 9.9.7
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 18 mo ago
Exploit prediction
64.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- Nuclei template The School Management < 9.9.7 - Remote Code Execution nuclei detection template
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e2d546c9-85b6-47a4-b951-781b9ae5d0f2/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Unknown school-management-pro
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/e2d546c9-85b6-47a4-b951-781b9ae5d0f2/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-1609
- NVD CVE-2022-1609
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.