CVE-2022-0993 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03267.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Siteground	Siteground Security

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:siteground:siteground_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2022-04-19T20:26:36

Updated: 2024-10-15T15:25:06.942Z

Reserved: 2022-03-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-0993

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:47:43.246Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-04-19T21:15:13.683

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:39:48.980

Link: CVE-2022-0993

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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