InstaWP Connect โ€“ 1-click WP Staging & Migration <= 0.1.0.44 - Authentication Bypass to Admin

9.8
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE CVE-2024-6397
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published July 10, 2024
Last Updated July 11, 2024
Researcher Truoc Phan

Description

The InstaWP Connect โ€“ 1-click WP Staging & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.0.44. This is due to insufficient verification of the API key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the username, and to perform a variety of other administrative tasks. NOTE: This vulnerability was partially fixed in 0.1.0.44, but was still exploitable via Cross-Site Request Forgery.

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Vulnerability Details for InstaWP Connect โ€“ 1-click WP Staging & Migration

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug instawp-connect (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 0.1.0.45, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 0.1.0.44
Patched Version
  • 0.1.0.45

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