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High · 8.1 CVE-2022-0993 EUVD-2022-15986GHSA-24fr-xcq3-rqjr

SiteGround Security <= 1.2.5 - Authorization Weakness to Authentication Bypass

Published Apr 19, 2022 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
siteground Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin ≤ 1.2.5 —

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