CVE-2022-0993

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CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

EPSS

8%p94

Published

Apr 19, 2022 (Apr 19, 2022)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: siteground
Products: siteground security
Ecosystems: WordPress
Weakness: CWE-285, CWE-306
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (7.5%)

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