CVE-2026-27049
Published: 25 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-27049 is a critical-severity Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (CWE-288) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 22.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and IA-2 (Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Requires timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws such as the authentication bypass in Jobica Core, directly preventing exploitation through patching.
Enforces approved authorizations for access to system resources, directly countering authentication bypass via alternate paths or channels.
Implements robust identification and authentication for organizational users, mitigating vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated access and account takeover.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Auth bypass in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 (exploit public-facing app) for remote unauthenticated access and facilitates T1078 (valid accounts) via account takeover.
NVD Description
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in NooTheme Jobica Core jobica-core allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Jobica Core: from n/a through <= 1.4.2.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-27049 is an Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability (CWE-288) in the NooTheme Jobica Core WordPress plugin, also known as jobica-core. This issue affects all versions from n/a through 1.4.2 and enables Authentication Abuse.
The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating it can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers with low complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation allows attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms, potentially leading to account takeover as described in related advisories.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/jobica-core/vulnerability/wordpress-jobica-core-plugin-1-4-2-account-takeover-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides further details on the vulnerability, including potential mitigation steps such as updating the plugin.
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