CVE-2024-13647 School Management System – SakolaWP <= 1.0.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Exam Setting Manipulation
Unauthenticated attackers can manipulate exam settings by tricking administrators into clicking a link due to missing nonce validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13647?
CVE-2024-13647 is a medium-severity vulnerability in themesawesome School Management System – SakolaWP, published on 27 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The School Management System – SakolaWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'save_exam_setting' and 'delete_exam_setting' actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update exam settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13647?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Themesawesome Sakolawp.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13647?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13647 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-13647 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13647 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qm5f-3c7g-gj8r.