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CVE-2024-4898

9.8
CVSScritical
Exploitable remotely over the internet · no authentication required.
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.

Attack Vector
Network
Privileges Req.
None
User Interaction
None
instawp connect – 1-click wp staging & migration
Updated Nov 10, 2026View on NVD →
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WordPress InstaWP Connect <= 0.1.0.38 - Unauthenticated 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. References: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92a00fb4-7b50-43fd-ac04-5d6e29336e9c?source=cve https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instawp-connect/tags/0.1.0.38/includes/class-instawp-rest-api.php#L926 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4898 https://github.com/truonghuuphuc/CVE-2024-4898-Poc Remediation: Update InstaWP Connect to version 0.1.0.39 or later, which patches this vulnerability.

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