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

> An attacker can exploit incorrect privilege assignment in the InstaWP Connect plugin to escalate privileges within the WordPress environment.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 May 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8w8v-r4xj-j99j

## What is CVE-2024-22145?

CVE-2024-22145 is a high-severity vulnerability in InstaWP Connect, published on 17 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22145?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Instawp Instawp Connect.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-22145?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22145 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-22145 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22145 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- InstaWP Connect <= 0.1.0.8 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update (Subscriber+) (github_poc): https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-22145

## Other vulnerabilities in InstaWP Connect

- [CVE-2024-37228](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37228/): WordPress InstaWP Connect plugin <= 0.1.0.38 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-25918](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25918/): WordPress InstaWP Connect plugin <= 0.1.0.8 - Remote Code Execution vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-6397](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6397/): InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration <= 0.1.0.44 - Authentication Bypass to Admin (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-4898](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4898/): Missing authorization in InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-2667](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2667/): InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration <= 0.1.0.22 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-22145 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-22145 is a high-severity vulnerability in InstaWP Connect, published on 17 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22145 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: InstaWP Connect. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22145/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22145/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22145
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22145
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-22145

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22145/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.