CVE-2017-14766 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2017-09-27

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:saadamin:simple_student_result:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-6256	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00408.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://limbenjamin.com/articles/simple-student-result-auth-bypass.html
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-student-result/#developers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8920

History

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Subscriptions

Saadamin Simple Student Result

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-27T08:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:34:39.985Z

Reserved: 2017-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14766

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-27T08:29:00.547

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-14766

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-287

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