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CVE-2022-0992

siteground Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin — SiteGround Security <= 1.2.5 - Authentication Bypass via 2FA Setup

EPSS 3%public exploit CVSS 9.8

critical.is priorityof 100

CVSS 9.8 (NVD, CNA agree)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4 Not in CISA KEV+300.0 EPSS percentile 87.1.871 × 2017.4 Exploit: SSVC poc+1010.0 SSVC exploitation: poc+100.0

Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource

Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin≤ 1.2.5–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Wordfence (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refwordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e5c6bf7-a653-4571-9566-574d2bb35c4f?source=cve refwordfence.com/blog/2022/04/critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-siteground-security-plugin refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2706302