CVE-2022-0993

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - security@wordfence.com

Published

2022-04-19

Last modified

2026-04-08

Weaknesses

CWE-285, CWE-306

Affected products

• Security Optimizer The All-in-one Protection Plugin (Siteground)
• Siteground Security (Siteground)

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2706302
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-siteground-security-plug…
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e3a5566-eee5-4f71-9c93-e59abf913d04?source=cve