CVE-2026-89027

miniOrange JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs < 4.8.0 Authentication Downgrade

Published Sep 15, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Miniorange
Miniorange jwt Authentication For Wp Rest Apis
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Miniorange
Miniorange jwt Authentication For Wp Rest Apis
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title miniOrange JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs < 4.8.0 Authentication Downgrade
Weaknesses CWE-306
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': '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'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2026, 4:49 PM
Reserved
Sep 10, 2026, 4:23 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 15, 2026, 8:19 PM
Modified
Sep 24, 2026, 9:08 PM