WordPress plugin · sg-security
Is Security Optimizer safe?
Safe on 1.6.9 or newer.
The current version, 1.6.9, is past every affected range on record (6 of 6 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 6
- High or critical
- 4
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 1.6.9
- Last updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Active installs
- 1,000,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Aug 31, 2026Unauthenticated Bypass Vulnerability in SiteGround Security <= 1.6.6 versions.CVE-2026-82228 · affects up to 1.6.6 · reported by PatchstackHigh 8.1
- Dec 16, 2025SiteGround Security: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2025-66121 · affects up to 1.5.8 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.3
- Nov 1, 2024SiteGround Security: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2024-38774 · affects up to 1.5.0 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.4
- Feb 6, 2023SiteGround Security: Does not properly sanitize user input before using it in an SQL queryCVE-2023-0234 · fixed in 1.3.1 · reported by WPScan18% oddsHigh 8.8
- Apr 19, 2022SiteGround Security: Authentication bypass that allows unauthenticated users to log in as administrative usersCVE-2022-0993 · affects up to 1.2.5 · reported by Wordfence7.5% oddsHigh 8.1
- Apr 19, 2022SiteGround Security: Authentication bypass that allows unauthenticated users to log in as administrative usersCVE-2022-0992 · affects up to 1.2.5 · reported by Wordfence2.9% oddsCritical 9.8
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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