CVE-2022-0229
miniOrange's Google Authenticator < 5.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Deletion
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-0229- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-352, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
miniOrange's Google Authenticator < 5.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Deletion
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-0229- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-15426 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2022-15426- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-93c5-xvhq-3947
The miniOrange's Google Authenticator WordPress plugin before 5.5 does not have proper...
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.
- Record
GHSA-93c5-xvhq-3947- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-352, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-0229 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Miniorange Google Authenticator, published March 21, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.55%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.