CVE-2022-0993

2022-04-1920:26:36

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siteground

wordpress

authentication

bypass

vulnerability

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

9.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

70.7%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "siteground",
    "product": "Security Optimizer – The All-In-One WordPress Protection Plugin",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "*",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "1.2.5",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]