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Description

The InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.0.85 via the 'instawp-database-manager' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where php file types can be uploaded and included, or are already present on the filesystem locally. There are currently no known vulnerabilities in this plugin that make file upload possible, meaning this won't be exploitable to achieve remote code execution on most instances with just this plugin alone. Another vulnerability would need to be present on the site allowing arbitrary file upload in order to leverage this to achieve remote code execution.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-03-21 | Published 2025-04-11 | Updated 2026-04-08 | Assigner Wordfence




HIGH: 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version
affected

Timeline

2025-04-10:Disclosed

Credits

Cheng Liu finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-c231-477c-895b-df892569ef95?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...es/database-manager/loader.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3269681/

cve.org (CVE-2025-2636)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-2636)

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