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CVE-2022-0992

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0992 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting SiteGround Security plugin versions up to 1.2.5 for WordPress. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as administrative users by exploiting missing identity verification during initial 2FA setup for pending accounts. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 84/100 indicates significant potential danger.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siteground:security_optimizer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0284 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/2706302
Release NotesVendor Advisory
wordfence.com / blog/2022/04/critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-siteground-security-plugin
ExploitThird Party Advisory
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e5c6bf7-a653-4571-9566-574d2bb35c4f
Third Party Advisory