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Fencer Intel
high 8.1

CVE-2022-0229 json

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

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-15426

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Unknown miniOrange's Google Authenticator 5.5

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Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d70c5335-4c01-448d-85fc-f8e75b104351 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Unknown miniOrange's Google Authenticator

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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