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CVE-2024-12470

CRITICAL 9.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
January 7, 2025
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-266
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The School Management System – SakolaWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.8. This is due to the registration function not properly limiting what roles a user can register as. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrative user.

Affected WordPress components

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • themesawesome School Management System – SakolaWP — Up to and including 1.0.8

References

  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/sakolawp-lite/
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/db1c581b-5cc9-46c0-ba5d-605642697729?source=cve
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record