CVE-2022-0993

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2022-0993

Assigner
security@wordfence.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2022-04-19T21:15:13

Last Modified Date
2022-04-27T16:15:03

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-287	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:siteground:siteground_security::::::wordpress::*	1	OR		1.2.5

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
7.5

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.8

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2706302
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-siteground-security-plugin/https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-siteground-security-plugin/

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0993
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0993

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-04-20 16:58:39				Added to TrackCVE