CVE-2022-0993

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2022-0993 · Published 19/04/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-0993 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting siteground security (siteground).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.5%, higher than 94.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
siteground security siteground	`≤ 1.2.5`	No fix yet

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.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2706302 · Release Notes
wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-siteground-security-plugin
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e3a5566-eee5-4f71-9c93-e59abf913d04

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