CVE-2026-19714

Simple JWT Login < 3.6.8 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Missing Google id_token Audience Validation

Published Aug 16, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Simple JWT Login WordPress plugin before 3.6.8 does not validate the audience of the Google identity tokens it accepts, allowing unauthenticated users to authenticate as any user whose email address such a token carries, up to and including an administrator. Every site with the Simple JWT Login WordPress plugin before 3.6.8's Google sign-in enabled is affected.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-602
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Simple Jwt Login Project
Simple Jwt Login Project simple Jwt Login
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Simple Jwt Login Project
Simple Jwt Login Project simple Jwt Login
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
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Weaknesses CWE-287
CWE-602
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Description The Simple JWT Login WordPress plugin before 3.6.8 does not validate the audience of the Google identity tokens it accepts, allowing unauthenticated users to authenticate as any user whose email address such a token carries, up to and including an administrator. Every site with the Simple JWT Login WordPress plugin before 3.6.8's Google sign-in enabled is affected.
Title Simple JWT Login < 3.6.8 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Missing Google id_token Audience Validation
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Aug 17, 2026, 8:04 PM
Reserved
Aug 13, 2026, 11:24 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 16, 2026, 6:16 AM
Modified
Aug 26, 2026, 4:30 PM