CVE-2024-4898

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

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

instawp · InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration

CVSS v3.1 WORDFENCE

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, 91st 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-2024-48980★ · 2024-06-12

Nuclei templates (1)

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

Security advisories

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92a00fb4-7b50-43fd-ac04-5d6e293…
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instawp-connect/tags/0.1.0.38/includes/class-i…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

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