CVE-2026-13457 PUBLISHED

InstaWP Connect <= 0.1.3.6 - Unauthenticated Cryptographic Key Disclosure

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 26.06.2026 Published: 11.08.2026 Updated: 11.08.2026

The InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.3.6 via the (top-level script) function. This is due to the plugin stores its encrypted options file as options-{migrate_key}.txt in wp-content/instawpbackups/ without deploying an index.php or .htaccess to prevent directory listing, exposing the 40-character migrate_key on Apache servers with directory indexing enabled, which allows an attacker to derive the AES-256-CBC passphrase via SHA256(migrate_key), decrypt the options file to recover the api_signature. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to get the database access details and api_signature. Exploitation requires the target WordPress site to be hosted on Apache with directory listing enabled (Options +Indexes) for the wp-content/instawpbackups/ directory, and time limited because it can only be exploited during the migration period.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor instawp
Product InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.1.3.6 (incl.)

Credits

  • 0xsabre finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type CWE