CVE-2022-0993

SiteGround Security <= 1.2.5 - Authorization Weakness to Authentication Bypass

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El plugin de seguridad de SiteGround para WordPress es vulnerable a una omisión de autenticación que permite a usuarios no autenticados iniciar sesión como usuarios administrativos debido a una falta de verificación de identidad en la implementación del código de respaldo 2FA que inicia la sesión de los usuarios en caso de éxito. Esto afecta a las versiones hasta la 1.2.5 incluyéndola

WordPress SiteGround Security plugin versions 1.2.5 and below suffer from an authentication bypass vulnerability as well as an authorization weakness in versions 1.2.4 and below.

*Credits: Chloe Chamberland

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-03-16 CVE Reserved
2022-04-07 CVE Published
2022-04-08 First Exploit
2024-10-15 CVE Updated
2025-01-02 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-285: Improper Authorization
CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
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

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/166642	2022-04-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2706302	2024-01-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Siteground Search vendor "Siteground"		Siteground Security Search vendor "Siteground" for product "Siteground Security"				<= 1.2.5 Search vendor "Siteground" for product "Siteground Security" and version " <= 1.2.5"		wordpress		Affected