# InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration

> Create a staging WordPress site from production (live site). Ideal for testing updates, version change or re-write. Sync back only the changes.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `instawp-connect`
- Author: InstaWP
- Version: 0.1.4.4
- Active installs: 40,000+
- Last update: 2026-11-02 (12 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.6, PHP 7.0
- Tags: backup, clone, migrate, restore, staging
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/instawp-connect/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 12 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Flaky ↔ Reliable, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Slow ↔ Responsive, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-29 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 0.1.4.2). CVE-2026-116399, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c9e2694b-3dad-411c-ade9-89c82f2f5d18?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-25 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 0.1.4.1). CVE-2026-114743, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9598ba18-1fcc-4f2f-af57-a33ae98ed46b?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-16 HIGH: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Role-as-Capability Admin Page and API Key Disclosure via 'instawp_sync_tab_roles'... (up to 0.1.4.1). CVE-2026-109400, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/925b009e-3aeb-496d-8218-6ea5dc9d9989?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-13 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 0.1.3.7). CVE-2026-73401, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9d6a2238-eca4-4189-a6fe-dd605cd47703?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-11 HIGH: Unauthenticated Cryptographic Key Disclosure (up to 0.1.3.6). CVE-2026-13457, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f5319467-92f6-4d4f-a76a-12aeb25d3c6b?source=api-prod
- 2026-03-11 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 0.1.2.5). CVE-2026-39504, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c6ab1328-b5a0-4592-8455-0bc1874f2b3e?source=api-prod
- 2025-12-12 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 0.1.1.9). CVE-2025-66068, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82bfdacf-86e1-4383-995e-e757fd389aab?source=api-prod
- 2025-04-10 HIGH: Unauthenticated Local PHP File Inclusion (up to 0.1.0.85). CVE-2025-2636, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4c8f2c6f-c231-477c-895b-df892569ef95?source=api-prod
- 2025-03-29 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion (up to 0.1.0.82). CVE-2025-31387, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c0e9726f-45cc-4759-909d-3de2ae9b2334?source=api-prod
- 2025-03-13 HIGH: Cross-Site Request Forgery to Local File Inclusion (up to 0.1.0.83). CVE-2024-13913, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ea6c7b63-00da-4476-a024-97fe99af643d?source=api-prod
- 2024-07-10 CRITICAL: Authentication Bypass to Admin (up to 0.1.0.44). CVE-2024-6397, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/963f2485-3afa-4e17-8278-b75415af3915?source=api-prod
- 2024-06-21 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (up to 0.1.0.38). CVE-2024-37228, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cedc575c-ee8f-4c62-bc44-95252a0c8b6f?source=api-prod
- 2024-06-11 CRITICAL: Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated API setup/Arbitrary Options Update/Administrative User Creation (up to 0.1.0.38). CVE-2024-4898, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92a00fb4-7b50-43fd-ac04-5d6e29336e9c?source=api-prod
- 2024-04-22 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 0.1.0.24). CVE-2024-32701, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b2a10b6-e7dc-47c7-9f59-c4350d58b0d1?source=api-prod
- 2024-04-12 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (up to 0.1.0.22). CVE-2024-2667, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f6aead8d-c136-4952-ad03-86fe0f144dea?source=api-prod
- 2024-02-14 HIGH: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Remote Code Execution (up to 0.1.0.8). CVE-2024-25918, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2a681cef-649f-4342-beb6-914674bbf6d6?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-24 HIGH: Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection (up to 0.1.0.9). CVE-2024-23507, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/578cf704-e84d-469f-bf26-e60268506a78?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-24 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Dislcosure (up to 0.1.0.9). CVE-2024-23506, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9a184384-9162-4509-957b-d97dd4089856?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-17 HIGH: Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update (up to 0.1.0.8). CVE-2024-22145, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6aa4fd08-a1b1-4f61-a9d1-9812071b61c9?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-12 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery via create_file_db_manager (up to 0.1.0.8). WF-5954c35a-7d0a-4bc5-9cad-3223e7be56eb, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5954c35a-7d0a-4bc5-9cad-3223e7be56eb?source=api-prod
- 2023-07-26 CRITICAL: Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Post/Taxonomy/User Add/Change/Delete, Customizer Setting Change, Plugin... (up to 0.0.9.18). CVE-2023-3956, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/48e7acf2-61d4-4762-8657-0701910ce69b?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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