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CVE-2022-0993

HIGH CVSS: 8.1 Published: 2022-04-19 Modified: 2026-06-17

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 Platforms

Siteground Siteground Security

Weakness Type

CWE-285, CWE-306

References