CVE-2024-4898 is a critical vulnerability affecting the InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 0.1.0.38. It allows unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary option updates and create administrator accounts due to missing authorization checks in REST API calls. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) and an EPSS score of 0.90038, this flaw presents a severe risk, enabling full compromise of affected WordPress sites. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist for unauthenticated user creation, indicating readily available exploit code. Community discussion and media coverage are currently minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.1.0.39CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:instawp:instawp_connect:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.