CVE-2022-0992

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.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

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CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-siteground-security-plugin/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2706302	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2022-04-19 14:15

Updated : 2022-04-27 09:13

NVD link : CVE-2022-0992

Mitre link : CVE-2022-0992

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

Products Affected

siteground

siteground_security

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