CRITICAL
SiteGround Security <= 1.2.5 - Authorization Weakness to Authentication Bypass
Published Apr 19, 2022
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 7.54%
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 the 2FA back-up code implementation that logs users in upon success. This affects versions up to, and including, 1.2.5.
Affected products
- Vendor Siteground Product Security Optimizer – The All-In-One WordPress Protection Plugin Defaultunaffected
- Version -StatusaffectedConstraints<=1.2.5
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siteground | Security Optimizer – The All-In-One WordPress Protection Plugin | unaffected |
|
- ≤ 1.2.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (2)
References (3)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2706302 Release NotesVendor Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-siteground-security-plugin/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e3a5566-eee5-4f71-9c93-e59abf913d04?source=cve
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Wordfence
Published Apr 19, 2022
Updated Apr 8, 2026
Reserved Mar 16, 2022
Link CVE-2022-0993
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Oct 15, 2024