CVE-2025-1668 School Management System – WPSchoolPress <= 2.2.16 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary User Deletion

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers with teacher-level access can delete arbitrary user accounts due to missing capability checks in the WPSchoolPress plugin.

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-2025-1668?

CVE-2025-1668 is a medium-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 arbitrary user deletion due to a missing capability check on the wpsp_DeleteUser() 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 delete arbitrary user accounts.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1668?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Igexsolutions Wpschoolpress.

How do I fix CVE-2025-1668?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1668 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-2025-1668 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1668 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q2m5-q4jg-g9g2.

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