9.8Critical

CVE-2024-4898InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration <= 0.1.0.38 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated API setup/Arbitrary Options Update/Administrative User Creation

instawp InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration Published: 2024-06-12 14:05 (2 years ago)

Description

The InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary option updates due to a missing authorization checks on the REST API calls in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.0.38. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to connect the site to InstaWP API, edit arbitrary site options and create administrator accounts.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-862

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
instawp	InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration	≤ 0.1.0.38

References and patches

CVSS score

9.8Critical

Source: Wordfence · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

4.19%

higher than 91% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Timeline

ID reserved2024-05-15
Published2024-06-12 14:05
Reached IP-DB2026-10-24 23:57
Last updated2026-04-08 20:09

Assigned by (CNA): Wordfence

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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