CVE-2022-0992
CRITICALEPSS 86th pctlDescription
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.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-1709 | Critical | 10.0 | 100% | KEV + Ransom | Fix |
| CVE-2023-42793 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | KEV + Ransom | Fix |
| CVE-2024-27198 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | KEV + Ransom | Fix |
| CVE-2025-4427 | Medium | 5.3 | 100% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2024-55591 | Critical | 9.8 | 98% | KEV + Ransom | Fix |
| CVE-2023-46747 | Critical | 9.8 | 97% | KEV + Ransom | - |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2022-0992?
Upgrade security optimizer to 1.2.6 or later.
Is CVE-2022-0992 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2022-0992 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2022-0992?
CVE-2022-0992 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2022-0992 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for security optimizer (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-08.