{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-0993 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0993 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-0993 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in siteground Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin, published on 19 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0993 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-0993 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in siteground Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin, published on 19 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-0993 exists.\n\nAffected product: siteground Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0993/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0993/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-0993","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0993/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-0993","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-24fr-xcq3-rqjr"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["account_takeover","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress security plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can bypass two-factor authentication to log in as administrators due to missing identity verification in backup codes.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"siteground_security","vendor":"siteground"}],"cvss":{"score":8.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-306","name":"Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality"},{"id":"CWE-285","name":"Improper Authorization"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"SiteGround Security \u003c= 1.2.5 - Authorization Weakness to Authentication Bypass","id":"CVE-2022-0993","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Hummingbird \u003c 3.3.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2022-0994"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"SiteGround Security \u003c= 1.2.5 - Authentication Bypass via 2FA Setup","id":"CVE-2022-0992"},"products":["Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin"],"published":"2022-04-19","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"SiteGround Security \u003c 1.3.1 - Admin+ SQLi","id":"CVE-2023-0234","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-06"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["siteground"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can bypass two-factor authentication to log in as administrators due to missing identity verification in backup codes.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0993/"}