Known vulnerabilities in JWT Auth – WordPress JSON Web Token Authentication

Create JSON Web Token Authentication in WordPress.

1Reported vulnerabilities

9.1Highest CVSS score

3.0.2Latest version

6,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update JWT Auth – WordPress JSON Web Token Authentication to 2.1.1 or later. 1 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: May 7, 2024 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.5.10 / View on wordpress.org

This plugin has not been updated in over two years. New vulnerabilities may never be fixed. Consider an alternative.

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2021-46743	Critical 9.1	0.8%	2.1.0 and earlier	`2.1.1`	November 11, 2022

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.