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
- Published
- Jun 12, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 90.7%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-4898.yaml
Nuclei TemplatesDeclared conditions
- network: http($.protocol_keys)
- verification: status,word($.matchers[*].type)
Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2024-4898, a missing authorization vulnerability in InstaWP Connect WordPress plugin allowing unauthenticated API setup, arbitrary options update, and administrative user creation.
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