CVE-2023-3956 (GCVE-0-2023-3956)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-27 06:54 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:50
VLAI?
Title
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
Summary
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.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
instawp InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.0.9.18 (semver)
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Credits
István Márton
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