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CVE-2022-0229
miniOrange's Google Authenticator < 5.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Deletion
High8.1EPSS 0.55%
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- WPScan
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.55% · top 54% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- CWE-352 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-352 and its CVEs
- CWE-862 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-862 and its CVEs
Affected products
Unknown · miniOrange's Google Authenticator
- affected < 5.5
References (1)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d70c5335-4c01-448d-85fc-f8e75b104351 (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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