InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration

The InstaWP Connect plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in versions up to, and including, 0.1.2.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.

The InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.1.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

The InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.0.85 via the 'instawp-database-manager' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where php file types can be uploaded and included, or are already present on the filesystem locally. There are currently no known vulnerabilities in this plugin that make file upload possible, meaning this won't be exploitable to achieve remote code execution on most instances with just this plugin alone. Another vulnerability would need to be present on the site allowing arbitrary file upload in order to leverage this to achieve remote code execution.

The InstaWP Connect plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 0.1.0.82. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.