CVE-2022-0229

miniOrange's Google Authenticator <= 5.4.52 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Deletion

highMissing Authorization

8.1

CVSS Score

8.1

CVSS Score

high

Severity

5.5

Patched in

694d

Time to patch

Description

The miniOrange's Google Authenticator WordPress plugin before 5.5 does not have proper authorisation and CSRF checks when handling the reconfigureMethod, and does not validate the parameters passed to it properly. As a result, unauthenticated users could delete arbitrary options from the blog, making it unusable.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=5.4.52

PublishedFebruary 28, 2022

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginminiorange-2-factor-authentication

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f53875aa-9347-464c-aaeb-e8248628fca2?source=api-prod

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