miniOrange's Google Authenticator <= 5.6.5 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Change

7.5
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-4943
CVSS 7.5 (High)
Publicly Published April 19, 2023
Last Updated October 20, 2023
Researcher Ram - Wordfence

Description

The miniOrange's Google Authenticator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check when changing plugin settings in versions up to, and including, 5.6.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the plugin's settings.

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Vulnerability Details for miniOrange 2FA – Two Factor Authentication for WordPress (OTP, SMS, Email, Google Authenticator)

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug miniorange-2-factor-authentication (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.6.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.6.5
Patched Version
  • 5.6.6

Recent vulnerabilities in miniOrange 2FA – Two Factor Authentication for WordPress (OTP, SMS, Email, Google Authenticator)

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 miniOrange 2FA <= 6.2.6 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-16035 4.3 Revanth Hari Narayana Matte July 27, 2026
2 miniOrange's Google Authenticator <= 6.1.1 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-54745 4.3 Ananda Dhakal August 23, 2025
3 miniOrange's Google Authenticator <= 5.6.1 - Sensitive Data Exposure of Multifactor Backup Codes CVE-2022-44589 7.5 Calvin Alkan November 23, 2022
4 miniOrange's Google Authenticator <= 5.6.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Malware Scan Termination 8.8 November 1, 2022
5 miniOrange's Google Authenticator <= 5.6.1 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Change CVE-2022-42461 5.4 István Márton October 31, 2022
6 miniOrange's Google Authenticator <= 5.5.82 - Missing Authorization 6.3 September 16, 2022
7 miniOrange's Google Authenticator <= 5.5.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting 6.1 June 27, 2022
8 miniOrange's Google Authenticator <= 5.5.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2022-1321 5.5 Niraj Mahajan June 6, 2022
9 miniOrange's Google Authenticator <= 5.4.52 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Deletion CVE-2022-0229 8.1 Krzysztof Zając February 28, 2022
10 miniOrange's Google Authenticator <= 5.4.39 - Cross-Site Scripting 6.1 WPScanTeam August 10, 2021

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