Published: 19/04/2022 Updated: 11/01/2024

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10

CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 668

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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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WordPress SiteGround Security plugin versions 125 and below suffer from an authentication bypass vulnerability as well as an authorization weakness in versions 124 and below ...

CWE-306 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2706302 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e3a5566-eee5-4f71-9c93-e59abf913d04?source=cve https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-siteground-security-plugin/https://nvd.nist.gov https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166642/WordPress-SiteGround-Security-1.2.5-Authentication-Bypass.html

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