CVE-2022-0993 (GCVE-0-2022-0993)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-04-19 20:26
Modified
2026-04-08 17:06
CWE
Summary
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.
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