Cross-site request forgery in InstaWP Connect WordPress plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in the InstaWP Connect (instawp-connect) WordPress plugin lets an attacker forge requests on behalf of a user. The issue affects InstaWP Connect from n/a through 0.1.4.2 and is classified as CWE-352. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.8 (HIGH), with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required and user interaction required. CISA's SSVC data lists no exploitation, marks the issue as not automatable and rates the technical impact as total.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in InstaWP InstaWP Connect instawp-connect allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects InstaWP Connect: from n/a through 0.1.4.2.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for InstaWP Connect.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-29 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-116399
- 2026-10-29 Alias added: GHSA-jxw3-pg8h-mp5q
- 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-29 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
More InstaWP vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-02302 InstaWP Connect <= 0.1.0.85 - Unauthenticated Local PHP File Inclusion CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2024-04554 Missing authorization in InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-02482 InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration <= 0.1.0.22 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-03675 Missing authorization in InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-05939 InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration <= 0.1.0.44 - Authentication Bypass to Admin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-24743 WordPress InstaWP Connect plugin <= 0.1.0.38 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-116399 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-116399 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jxw3-pg8h-mp5q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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