Medium severity · published Sep 15, 2026
CVE-2026-89027
miniOrange JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs < 4.8.0 Authentication Downgrade
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JA
JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs · miniOrange
before 4.8.0 · source: vendor
Affected product
JA
JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs
miniOrange
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89027
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89027
wordpress.org
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rest-api-authentication/#developers
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/miniorange-jwt-authentication-for-wp-rest-apis-authentication-downgrade
