CVE-2025-3740 Path traversal in School Management System for Wordpress
Authenticated attackers can exploit Local File Inclusion to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges to Super Administrator in Multisite environments.
- 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-2025-3740?
CVE-2025-3740 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in dasinfomedia School Management System for Wordpress, published on 18 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The School Management System for Wordpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 93.1.0 via the 'page' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included. The Local File Inclusion exploit can be chained to include various dashboard view files in the plugin. One such chain can be leveraged to update the password of Super Administrator accounts in Multisite environments making privilege escalation possible. The vendor has updated the version numbers beginning with `1.93.1 (02-07-2025)` for the patched version. This version comes after version 93.1.0.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3740?
How do I fix CVE-2025-3740?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3740 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-3740 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3740 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9v44-8jj7-j768.