vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: instawp-connect: CVE-2024-6397: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jul 10, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 10, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging and 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.
Solution
instawp-connect-plugin-cve-2024-6397
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6397
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/963f2485-3afa-4e17-8278-b75415af3915?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-47503
- CVE-2024-6397
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-6397
- CWE-288
- CWE-287
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-47503
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