InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration <= 0.1.0.22 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2024-2667
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published April 12, 2024
Last Updated May 2, 2024
Researcher AtaTurk1925
Description

The InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient file validation in the /wp-json/instawp-connect/v1/config REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.0.22. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug instawp-connect (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 0.1.0.22
Patched Version
  • 0.1.0.23
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