CVE-2022-0875: miniOrange Google Authenticator < 1.0.5 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-06-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Google Authenticator WordPress plugin before 1.0.5 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, and does not sanitise as well as escape them, allowing attackers to make a logged in admin change them and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affected products

Google Authenticator: before 1.0.5 — fixed in 1.0.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Authenticator 1.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fefc1411-594d-465b-aeb9-78c141b23762
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fefc1411-594d-465b-aeb9-78c141b23762

Get alerted when CVE-2022-0875 or the next vulnerability affects your stack