CVE-2024-12610: school management system vulnerability

What is known

The School Management System for Wordpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'mj_smgt_remove_feetype' and 'mj_smgt_remove_category_new' AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 93.0.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary posts.

Business impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-12610, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) affecting school management system, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.

Recommended administrator action

Confirm whether school management system is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.

Sources

• NVD
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