InstaWP Connect <= 0.0.9.18 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Post/Taxonomy/User Add/Change/Delete, Customizer Setting Change, Plugin Installation/Activation/Deactication via events_receiver

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-3956
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published July 26, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher István Márton
Description

The InstaWP Connect plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data, modification of data and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'events_receiver' function in versions up to, and including, 0.0.9.18. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add, modify or delete post and taxonomy, install, activate or deactivate plugin, change customizer settings, add or modify or delete user including administrator user.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug instawp-connect (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 0.0.9.18
Patched Version
  • 0.0.9.19
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