THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-0993
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2022-0993

Siteground Security vulnerability

CVSS
8.1
EPSS
7.3%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Siteground
Affected product
Siteground Security
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-285 — Improper Authorization
  • CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Published
2022-04-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-0993

  • Confirm whether Siteground Siteground Security is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-0993.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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