CVE-2024-13647: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in themesawesome School Management System – SakolaWP
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-13647 is a CSRF vulnerability in the School Management System – SakolaWP WordPress plugin affecting all versions up to 1.0.8. The issue arises from inadequate nonce validation on specific actions ('save_exam_setting' and 'delete_exam_setting'), allowing an attacker to craft malicious requests that, if executed by an authenticated administrator, can modify exam settings without proper authorization. The vulnerability is network exploitable without privileges but requires user interaction (UI:R).
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to cause an authenticated administrator to unknowingly modify exam settings within the plugin. This could lead to unauthorized changes in exam configurations, potentially disrupting the intended operation of the school management system. There is no indication of confidentiality or availability impact.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, administrators should be cautious about clicking on untrusted links while logged into the affected plugin. Monitoring for updates from the vendor or plugin repository is recommended to apply any forthcoming patches promptly.
CVE-2024-13647: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in themesawesome School Management System – SakolaWP
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.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-13647 is a CSRF vulnerability in the School Management System – SakolaWP WordPress plugin affecting all versions up to 1.0.8. The issue arises from inadequate nonce validation on specific actions ('save_exam_setting' and 'delete_exam_setting'), allowing an attacker to craft malicious requests that, if executed by an authenticated administrator, can modify exam settings without proper authorization. The vulnerability is network exploitable without privileges but requires user interaction (UI:R).
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to cause an authenticated administrator to unknowingly modify exam settings within the plugin. This could lead to unauthorized changes in exam configurations, potentially disrupting the intended operation of the school management system. There is no indication of confidentiality or availability impact.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, administrators should be cautious about clicking on untrusted links while logged into the affected plugin. Monitoring for updates from the vendor or plugin repository is recommended to apply any forthcoming patches promptly.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-01-23T14:41:26.128Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6e64b7ef31ef0b59fdf4
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:49:24 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 1:14:33 PM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 2:00:12 PM
Views: 25
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