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CVE-2024-22145: WordPress InstaWP Connect plugin <= 0.1.0.8 - Arbitrary Option Update to Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 35/100)

Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 65.5% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: InstaWP InstaWP Connect 0.1.0.9.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to InstaWP InstaWP Connect 0.1.0.9 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in InstaWP InstaWP Connect instawp-connect.This issue affects InstaWP Connect: from n/a through <= 0.1.0.8.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—Proof of concept Fix available

BDU:2024-00745

Published: May 17, 2024
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 1.1% · 65th percentile
CWE: CWE-266

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 1.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 8.8
CNA · Patchstack: 8.8; agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Vendor	Product	CPE
instawp	instawp connect	cpe:2.3:a:instawp:instawp_connect

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

instawp instawp connectbefore 0.1.0.9

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

InstaWP InstaWP Connect
- up to and including 0.1.0.8affectedfixed in 0.1.0.9

Same product

instawp: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2024-2667InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration <= 0.1.0.22 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
41Plan
CVE-2024-4898InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration <= 0.1.0.38 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated API setup/Arbitrary Options Update/Administrative User C
40Plan
CVE-2024-6397InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration <= 0.1.0.44 - Authentication Bypass to Admin
39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2024-23507Jan 31, 2024 · WordPress InstaWP Connect plugin <= 0.1.0.9 - SQL Injection vulnerability
35Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2024-25918Apr 3, 2024 · WordPress InstaWP Connect plugin <= 0.1.0.8 - Remote Code Execution vulnerability
35Monitor
Later →CVE-2024-32701Jun 9, 2024 · WordPress InstaWP Connect plugin <= 0.1.0.24 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
InstaWP InstaWP Connect	0.1.0.9	Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:4	2024-01-17

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

First PoCJan 17, 2024-121 d
PublishedMay 17, 2024
TodayOct 28, 2026+894 d

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Majed RefaeaPatchstack Bug Bounty Programfinder

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).