WordPress Jetpack plugin <= 16.2 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

published 2026-10-09 31 d ago modified 2026-10-11 29 d ago also EUVD-2026-95742

cvss: 4.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits: 0; none known

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Automattic Jetpack jetpack allows Password Recovery Exploitation.This issue affects Jetpack: from n/a through 16.2.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Automattic Jetpack 16.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 29 d ago (2026-10-11)

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

Automattic Jetpack

Classification

Weakness

CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/wordpress/plugin/jetpack/vulnerability/wordpress-jetpack-plugin-16-2-broken-authentication-vulnerabi
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-106602
NVD CVE-2026-106602

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Summary