Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Network-accessible plugin endpoint requires no privileges or user interaction; integrity-only impact with no confidentiality or availability consequence confirmed by description.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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1DescriptionCVE.org
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in InstaWP Connect <= 0.1.3.7 versions.
AnalysisAI
Broken access control in InstaWP Connect (WordPress plugin) versions up to and including 0.1.3.7 permits unauthenticated remote attackers to perform restricted actions without authorization, resulting in limited integrity impact on the target WordPress installation. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), where one or more plugin endpoints fail to verify the requester's permissions before executing sensitive operations. …
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Vulnerability AssessmentAI
| Exploitation | No special configuration is required beyond the plugin being installed and active on a publicly reachable WordPress site running InstaWP Connect version 0.1.3.7 or earlier. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The NVD-assigned CVSS 3.1 score of 5.3 (Medium) reflects a network-accessible (AV:N), low-complexity (AC:L), unauthenticated (PR:N, UI:N) flaw with unchanged scope (S:U) and limited integrity-only impact (I:L, C:N, A:N). … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | An unauthenticated attacker discovers a WordPress site with the InstaWP Connect plugin installed by fingerprinting the plugin via standard enumeration techniques. The attacker then crafts an HTTP request directly targeting the unprotected plugin endpoint - requiring no session token or nonce - and triggers a restricted action such as modifying plugin configuration or initiating a site connection event, achieving low-level integrity impact without any credentials. … |
| Remediation | The primary remediation is to update the InstaWP Connect plugin beyond version 0.1.3.7; however, no specific fixed release version has been confirmed in the available data - administrators should check the WordPress plugin repository or the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/instawp-connect/vulnerability/wordpress-instawp-connect-plugin-0-1-3-7-broken-access-control-vulnerability for the latest patched release before upgrading. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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EUVD-2026-57915
GHSA-3mrh-8jqh-26mj