Vulnerability · Published Mar 21, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2022-0229miniOrange's Google Authenticator < 5.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Deletion

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in miniOrange's Google Authenticator from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 53.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown miniOrange's Google Authenticator 0 – before 5.5

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