InstaWP Connect <= 0.1.0.8 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update

Missing Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2024-22145
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	January 17, 2024
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Majed Refaea

Description

The InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the save_management_settings function in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.0.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and above, to modify

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	instawp-connect (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 0.1.0.8
Patched Version	0.1.0.9

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