CVE-2022-1321: miniOrange's Google Authenticator < 5.5.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-06-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The miniOrange's Google Authenticator WordPress plugin before 5.5.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, leading to malicious users with administrator privileges to store malicious Javascript code leading to Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products

Google Authenticator: before 5.5.6 — fixed in 5.5.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Authenticator 5.5.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b8784995-0deb-4c83-959f-52b37881e05c
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b8784995-0deb-4c83-959f-52b37881e05c

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