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Upon successful configuration, the attacker is logged in as that user without access to a username/password pair which is the expected first form of authentication. This affects versions up to, and including, 1.2.5."},{"lang":"es","value":"El plugin de seguridad de SiteGround para WordPress es vulnerable a una omisión de autenticación que permite a usuarios no autenticados iniciar sesión como usuarios administrativos debido a una falta de verificación de identidad en la configuración inicial de 2FA que permite a usuarios no autenticados y no autorizados configurar 2FA para cuentas pendientes. Una vez configurado con éxito, el atacante es registrado como ese usuario sin acceso a un par de nombre de usuario/contraseña que es la primera forma de autenticación esperada. 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