CVE-2026-89027

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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 v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
44(Track)
EG Risk 44/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
30%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 15, 2026

Last Modified

September 17, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 16, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

miniOrange JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs < 4.8.0 Authentication Downgrade | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/miniorange-jwt-authentication-for-wp-rest-apis-authentication-downgrade
generic

JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rest-api-authentication/#developers

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-89027(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 16× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-20 21:17 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-20 21:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-19 20:13 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-19 20:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-18 19:09 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-18 19:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-17 18:02 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-17 18:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-16 21:28 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-16 21:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-15 20:23 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-15 20:18 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-89027?
CVE-2026-89027 is a medium vulnerability published on September 15, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-89027 disclosed?
CVE-2026-89027 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 15, 2026, with the most recent update on September 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-89027 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-89027 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 69.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-89027?
CVE-2026-89027 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-89027?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-89027, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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