WordPress plugin · wp-rest-api-authentication
Is JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs safe?
Safe on 5.0.0 or newer.
The current version, 5.0.0, is past every affected range on record (3 of 3 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 3
- High or critical
- 0
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 5.0.0
- Last updated
- Oct 9, 2026
- Active installs
- 10,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Sep 15, 2026miniOrange JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs: Authentication method downgradeCVE-2026-89027 · fixed in 4.8.0 · reported by VulnCheckMedium 6.9
- Apr 16, 2025WordPress REST API Authentication: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2025-39545 · affects up to 3.6.3 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.4
- Nov 18, 2022Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in REST API Authentication plugin <= 2.4.0 on WordPress.CVE-2022-45073 · affects up to 2.4.0 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.4
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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