WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Simple JWT Login < 3.6.8 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Missing Google id_token Audience Validation
Description
The plugin 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 plugin's Google sign-in enabled is affected.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
AUTHBYPASS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Farid Narimanov
Submitter
Farid Narimanov
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-08-14 (about 3 days ago)
Added
2026-08-14 (about 2 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-15 (about 1 day ago)