Medium 4.8Published Oct 9, 2026

CVE-2026-106602WordPress Jetpack plugin <= 16.2 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 10:00 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 4.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-288
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Patchstack
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Automattic Jetpack automattic:jetpack (from the name)	through 16.2; fixed at 16.3	CNA record

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/jetpack/vulnerability/wordpress-jetpack-plugin-16-2-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry

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