Is CVE-2024-4898 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-4898 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-4898?

CVE-2024-4898 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-4898?

CVE-2024-4898 has an EPSS score of 4.16% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-4898?

Upgrade instawp connect to 0.1.0.39 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-4898

CRITICALEPSS 90th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary option updates due to a missing authorization checks on the REST API calls in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.0.38. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to connect the site to InstaWP API, edit arbitrary site options and create administrator accounts.

CWE-862Missing Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

instawp connectNVD

Affected:< 0.1.0.39Fixed in:0.1.0.39CVE-2024-4898derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

4.16%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

plugins.trac.wordpress.org

Third-Party Advisory1

wordfence.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2021-39226	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-0543	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-21978	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-52163	High	8.8	96%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-1329	High	8.8	93%	-	-
CVE-2023-6875	Critical	9.8	90%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-08.