# CVE-2024-23507: WordPress InstaWP Connect plugin <= 0.1.0.9 - SQL Injection vulnerability

> Attackers can execute arbitrary SQL commands via the InstaWP Connect plugin, potentially reading or modifying database contents.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L`)
- **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:** 31 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jgqm-9prw-2qr6

## What is CVE-2024-23507?

CVE-2024-23507 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in InstaWP Connect, published on 31 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in InstaWP InstaWP Connect instawp-connect.This issue affects InstaWP Connect: from n/a through <= 0.1.0.9.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23507?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Instawp Instawp Connect.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-23507?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23507 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-23507 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23507 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## 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-2024-23507 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-23507 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in InstaWP Connect, published on 31 Jan 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-2024-23507 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-2024-23507/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23507/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23507
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23507
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23507

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23507/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.