cve-2022-0993
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-04-19 20:26
Modified
2024-10-15 15:25
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The SiteGround Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass that allows unauthenticated users to log in as administrative users due to missing identity verification on the 2FA back-up code implementation that logs users in upon success. This affects versions up to, and including, 1.2.5.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2706302Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-siteground-security-plugin/
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e3a5566-eee5-4f71-9c93-e59abf913d04?source=cve
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2706302Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-siteground-security-plugin/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e3a5566-eee5-4f71-9c93-e59abf913d04?source=cve
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
siteground Security Optimizer – The All-In-One WordPress Protection Plugin Version: *   ≤ 1.2.5
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