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CVE-2024-4898

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

EPSS 4%CVSS 9.8

critical.is priorityof 100

CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4 Not in CISA KEV+300.0 EPSS percentile 90.9.909 × 2018.2 No public exploit+100.0 SSVC exploitation: none+100.0

Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource

InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration≤ 0.1.0.38–CNA

Scores by source

Wordfence (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refwordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92a00fb4-7b50-43fd-ac04-5d6e29336e9c?source=cve refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instawp-connect/tags/0.1.0.38/includes/class-instawp-rest-api.php#L926