CVE-2026-14262
Auth bypass in Simple JWT Login plugin allows subscriber-to-admin privilege escalation.
Is CVE-2026-14262 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-14262 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.74% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-14262?
CVE-2026-14262 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-14262?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-14262, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-14262 affect?
CVE-2026-14262 affects WordPress, Simple JWT Login plugin (<= 3.6.6), Endpoints: /wp-json/simple-jwt-login/v1/auth and /autologin, Sites using HS256 JWT signing secret. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-14262?
Update/replace or disable plugin; rotate HS256 secret; restrict REST access.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated low-privilege user can inject admin identity into JWT and redeem it to obtain a full Administrator session via /autologin.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 3.6.6
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.