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CVE-2022-0992

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
0.02842
Risk score
40.19
CISA KEV
No
PoC
No
Published
2022-04-19
Modified
2026-04-08
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2022-15985, GHSA-5MRQ-972X-QWR6
Products
SiteGround:Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin 0 ≤1.2.5
Sources
euvd EUVD-2022-15985

Description

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 initial 2FA set-up that allows unauthenticated and unauthorized users to configure 2FA for pending accounts. Upon successful configuration, the attacker is logged in as that user without access to a username/password pair which is the expected first form of authentication. This affects versions up to, and including, 1.2.5.

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