VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-4898

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability4.19%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-06-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • security@wordfence.com: CWE-862
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-862

Primary references