CVE-2024-4898

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.

CVSS v3.1

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

EPSS

4.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 90th percentile

Nuclei

critical · CWE-862

Published

2024-06-12

Updated

2026-04-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• cve-2024/CVE-2024-4898-Poc0★ · 2024-06-14
• gh-ost00/CVE-2024-4898

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-4898.yaml

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2023-1326
• CVE-2023-26604
• CVE-2024-27956
• CVE-2024-4295
• CVE-2024-5326
• CVE-2023-7028