Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin <= 1.6.6 - 2-Factor Authentication Bypass

5.3
Improper Authentication
CVE CVE-2026-82228
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published August 28, 2026
Last Updated September 2, 2026
Researcher Ananda Dhakal

Description

The Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to 2FA Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass a second factor of authentication when the first is known.

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Vulnerability Details for Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug sg-security (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.6.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.6
Patched Version
  • 1.6.7

Recent vulnerabilities in Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection <= 1.6.4 - IP Allowlist Bypass CVE-2026-13342 5.3 Shivamani Vastrala July 23, 2026
2 SiteGround Security <= 1.5.8 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-66121 5.3 Legion Hunter November 30, 2025
3 Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin <= 1.5.0 - Missing Authorization via hide_notice() CVE-2024-38774 4.3 Rafie Muhammad July 19, 2024
4 SiteGround Security <= 1.3.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection CVE-2023-0234 7.2 So Sakaguchi January 13, 2023
5 SiteGround Security <= 1.2.5 - Authorization Weakness to Authentication Bypass CVE-2022-0993 8.1 Chloe Chamberland April 7, 2022
6 SiteGround Security <= 1.2.5 - Authentication Bypass via 2FA Setup CVE-2022-0992 9.8 Chloe Chamberland April 6, 2022

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