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Student Result or Employee Database vulnerabilities
Student Result or Employee Database has 2 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 22 Aug 2022.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 2
- Active installs
- 1,000+
- Latest version
- 1.8.9
- Last updated
- 9 Oct 2024
- Most recent
- 22 Aug 2022
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2022-2312 | Medium 5.4 | Before 1.7.5 | Fixed in 1.7.5 | 22 Aug 2022 |
| Authentication bypass CVE-2017-14766 | High 7.5 | Up to 1.6.3 | Fixed in a later version (latest 1.8.9) | 27 Sep 2017 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2022-2312, 22 Aug 2022
- The Student Result or Employee Database WordPress plugin before 1.7.5 does not have CSRF in its AJAX actions, allowing attackers to make logged in user with a role as low as contributor to add/edit and delete students via CSRF attacks. Furthermore, due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping, it could also lead to Stored Cross-Site scripting CVE record
- CVE-2017-14766, 27 Sep 2017
- The Simple Student Result plugin before 1.6.4 for WordPress has an Authentication Bypass vulnerability because the fn_ssr_add_st_submit() function and fn_ssr_del_st_submit() function in functions.php only require knowing the student id number. CVE record
What to do if you run Student Result or Employee Database
If you run Student Result or Employee Database, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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