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

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El complemento InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration para WordPress es vulnerable a actualizaciones de opciones arbitrarias debido a la falta de controles de autorización en las llamadas a la API REST en todas las versiones hasta la 0.1.0.38 incluida. Esto hace posible que atacantes no autenticados conecten el sitio a la API de InstaWP, editen opciones arbitrarias del sitio y creen cuentas de administrador.

*Credits: Truoc Phan

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-05-15 CVE Reserved
2024-06-11 CVE Published
2024-06-12 First Exploit
2024-08-01 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92a00fb4-7b50-43fd-ac04-5d6e29336e9c?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/truonghuuphuc/CVE-2024-4898-Poc	2024-06-12
https://github.com/cve-2024/CVE-2024-4898-Poc	2024-06-12

URL	Date	SRC
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instawp-connect/tags/0.1.0.38/includes/class-instawp-rest-api.php#L926	2024-07-23

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Instawp Search vendor "Instawp"		Instawp Connect Search vendor "Instawp" for product "Instawp Connect"				< 0.1.0.39 Search vendor "Instawp" for product "Instawp Connect" and version " < 0.1.0.39"		wordpress		Affected