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

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-03-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

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

Google Authenticator: before 5.5 — fixed in 5.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Authenticator 5.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d70c5335-4c01-448d-85fc-f8e75b104351
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d70c5335-4c01-448d-85fc-f8e75b104351

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