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CVE-2022-0993

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CVE-2022-0993

Published: Apr 19, 2022

Modified: Apr 8, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.1

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

siteground

Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin

affected
0 - <= 1.2.5

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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