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

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Miniorange's Google Authenticator
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 March 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is 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.

Affected Version(s)

miniOrange's Google Authenticator 0 < 5.5

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2022-0229 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d70c5335-4c01-448d-85fc-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Krzysztof Zając
WPScan
.