CVE-2025-2636: 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…

PriorityP183high8.1CVSS 3.1

AVNACHPRNUINSUCHIHAH

ITWEXPLOITVulnCheck KEV

Exploited in the wild

EPSS

10.10%

95.1th percentile

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.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
instawp	instawp_connect_1-click_wp_staging_migration	<= 0.1.0.85	—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

otherinstawp-database-manager↗

→Monitor for unauthenticated HTTP requests containing the 'instawp-database-manager' parameter, which is the LFI vector for this CVE. ↗
→A Nuclei-style template targeting this CVE checks for the string 'InstaWP Connect' and 'user_email' in a 200-response body — use these as detection anchors in HTTP response inspection.
→The vulnerability is exploitable only by unauthenticated users; alert on LFI path traversal patterns (e.g., ../../) supplied in the 'instawp-database-manager' parameter without any authentication cookie or nonce. ↗
→Flag exploitation attempts that combine this LFI with arbitrary file upload capabilities on the same WordPress instance, as chaining both would achieve Remote Code Execution. ↗

·All plugin versions up to and including 0.1.0.85 are affected; ensure version checks in detection rules cap at this version. ↗
·RCE via this LFI alone is not achievable on most instances; a separate arbitrary file upload vulnerability must also be present on the target site. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

vulncheck8.1HIGH

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