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Vulnerabilities and Security Researches

Security Optimizer – The All-In-One WordPress Protection Plugin, CVE-2022-0993

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2022-0993

Published on
Apr 20, 2022
Research 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 versions
Min -, max 1.2.6.
Status
vulnerable