SiteGround Security <= 1.2.5 — Authorization Weakness to Authentication Bypass
CVE-2022-0993Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.2.5Update to 1.2.6 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.1
- CVSS
- 8.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin sg-security
- Affected≤ 1.2.5
- Patched in1.2.6
Update to 1.2.6 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.2.5. Version 1.2.6 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.2.6, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Chloe Chamberland.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin
All 8| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | Two-Factor Authentication via Brute Force ≤1.6.8Update to 1.6.9 | CVE-2026-118185 | |
| Medium5.3 | 2-Factor Authentication Bypass ≤1.6.6Update to 1.6.7 | CVE-2026-82228 | |
| Medium5.3 | IP Allowlist Bypass ≤1.6.4Update to 1.6.5 | CVE-2026-13342 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤1.5.8Update to 1.5.9 | CVE-2025-66121 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization via hide_notice() ≤1.5.0Update to 1.5.1 | CVE-2024-38774 |
- Medium4.3Two-Factor Authentication via Brute Force
≤1.6.8Update to 1.6.9
- Medium5.32-Factor Authentication Bypass
≤1.6.6Update to 1.6.7
- Medium5.3IP Allowlist Bypass
≤1.6.4Update to 1.6.5
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤1.5.8Update to 1.5.9
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization via hide_notice()
≤1.5.0Update to 1.5.1
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.