vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: sg-security: CVE-2022-0993: Improper Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 7, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 7, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
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.
Solution
sg-security-plugin-cve-2022-0993
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0993
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e3a5566-eee5-4f71-9c93-e59abf913d04?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-15986
- CVE-2022-0993
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-0993
- CWE-285
- CWE-306
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-15986
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