What is CVE-2022-0229?

CVE-2022-0229 is a high-severity vulnerability in Miniorange Google Authenticator, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2022-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-0229?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0229 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Miniorange Google Authenticator

CVE-2022-0229

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.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.005 (42.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Miniorange Google_authenticator
Unknown Miniorange's Google Authenticator — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0229?: CVE-2022-0229 is a high-severity vulnerability in Miniorange Google Authenticator, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2022-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-0229?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0229 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.