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.
problem types: CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
affected:
{
vendor: siteground
product: Security Optimizer – The All-In-One WordPress Protection Plugin
versions:
version: *, status: affected, lessThanOrEqual: 1.2.5, versionType: semver
defaultStatus: unaffected
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
version: 3.1
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
baseScore: 9.8
baseSeverity: CRITICAL
]