CVE-2026-89027
miniOrange JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs < 4.8.0 Authentication Downgrade
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.9 Medium
- Published
- Sep 15, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 10, 2026
Description
miniOrange JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs plugin for WordPress before 4.8.0 contains an authentication method downgrade vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass administrator-configured authentication by supplying a specific GET parameter without any capability check or nonce verification. Attackers can force the plugin to use Basic HTTP authentication regardless of configured JWT or API token settings, then exploit distinguishable error codes and the absence of rate limiting to perform unthrottled username enumeration and credential guessing attacks.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.9 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
JWT Authentication for WP REST APIsminiOrange |
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References
- WordPress Changelogrelease-notes
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/miniorange-jwt-authentication-for-wp-rest-apis-authentication-downgradethird-party-advisory
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