CVE-2025-1667 School Management System – WPSchoolPress <= 2.2.16 - Missing Authorization to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
Authenticated attackers with teacher access can escalate privileges to administrator by modifying user emails to trigger password resets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-1667?
CVE-2025-1667 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in jdsofttech School Management System – WPSchoolPress, published on 15 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The School Management System – WPSchoolPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the wpsp_UpdateTeacher() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with teacher-level access and above, to update arbitrary user details including email which makes it possible to request a password reset and access arbitrary user accounts, including administrators.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1667?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Igexsolutions Wpschoolpress.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1667?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1667 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-1667 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1667 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in jdsofttech School Management System – WPSchoolPress
- CVE-2024-9637 Missing authorization in School Management System – WPSchoolPress
- CVE-2023-4776 WPSchoolPress < 2.2.5 - Teacher+ SQLi
- CVE-2021-24575 WPSchoolPress < 2.1.10 - Multiple Authenticated SQL Injections
- CVE-2025-1669 School Management System – WPSchoolPress <= 2.2.17 - Authenticated (Teacher+) SQL Injection
- CVE-2025-1670 School Management System – WPSchoolPress <= 2.2.16 - Authenticated (Parent+) SQL Injection
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4mr4-q2q7-hmgc.