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Critical · 9.8 Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2022-1609 EUVD-2022-24898GHSA-4g99-5gw9-42hv

The School Management < 9.9.7 - Unauthenticated RCE via REST api

Published Jan 16, 2024 · Updated Jun 2, 2025 · Assigned by WPScan

Category: Web / CMS

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— school-management-pro < 9.9.7 9.9.7

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 4 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

References