CVE-2025-3740: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in dasinfomedia School Management System for Wordpress
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The School Management System for WordPress plugin suffers from a CWE-22 Path Traversal vulnerability that allows Local File Inclusion through the 'page' parameter. Authenticated attackers with low-level privileges can include arbitrary files, enabling execution of PHP code, data disclosure, and privilege escalation. The vulnerability affects all versions up to 93.1.0. The vendor fixed the issue in version 1.93.1 released on February 7, 2025.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows attackers with Subscriber-level access to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server, bypass access controls, access sensitive information, and escalate privileges to Super Administrator in multisite WordPress environments. This can compromise the entire WordPress installation and its data integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
A vendor patch is available in version 1.93.1 released on 2025-02-07. Users should upgrade to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. No other mitigation guidance is provided by the vendor.
CVE-2025-3740: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in dasinfomedia School Management System for Wordpress
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.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The School Management System for WordPress plugin suffers from a CWE-22 Path Traversal vulnerability that allows Local File Inclusion through the 'page' parameter. Authenticated attackers with low-level privileges can include arbitrary files, enabling execution of PHP code, data disclosure, and privilege escalation. The vulnerability affects all versions up to 93.1.0. The vendor fixed the issue in version 1.93.1 released on February 7, 2025.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows attackers with Subscriber-level access to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server, bypass access controls, access sensitive information, and escalate privileges to Super Administrator in multisite WordPress environments. This can compromise the entire WordPress installation and its data integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
A vendor patch is available in version 1.93.1 released on 2025-02-07. Users should upgrade to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. No other mitigation guidance is provided by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-04-16T16:39:12.716Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6879ce10a83201eaaceef294
Added to database: 7/18/2025, 4:31:12 AM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 5:23:45 PM
Last updated: 5/11/2026, 8:00:34 AM
Views: 119
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