Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 19, 2022· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2022-0992
CVE-2022-0992
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.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:siteground:security_optimizer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <1.2.6
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-siteground-security-plugin/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2706302nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e5c6bf7-a653-4571-9566-574d2bb35c4fnvdThird Party Advisory
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