CVE-2024-4898 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.49312.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Instawp	Instawp Connect

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:instawp:instawp_connect:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instawp-connect/tags/0.1.0.38/includes/class-instawp-rest-api.php#L926
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92a00fb4-7b50-43fd-ac04-5d6e29336e9c?source=cve

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-06-12T11:05:07.625Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:55:10.271Z

Reserved: 2024-05-15T07:33:21.328Z

Link: CVE-2024-4898

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:55:10.271Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-12T11:15:50.907

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:43:49.167

Link: CVE-2024-4898

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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