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GHSA-WM9C-P6MF-FR7C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-23 12:32 – Updated: 2026-07-25 00:31

Details

The WP Encryption – One Click Free SSL Certificate & SSL / HTTPS Redirect, Security & SSL Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.6.6 via the 'imploded' parameter parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. Although file write content is passed through esc_html(), which encodes angle brackets and prevents direct PHP execution, plaintext configuration files such as .htaccess are fully writable and exploitable for denial-of-service or redirect attacks.

Severity

4.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2026-15786 (GCVE-0-2026-15786)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-23 09:33 – Updated: 2026-07-24 22:39

Title

WP Encryption <= 7.8.6.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Write via 'imploded' Parameter

Summary

Severity

4.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-23 13:37 UTC

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

Wordfence CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2249 records in the last 180 days details

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-let…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-let…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-let…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?repo…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
gowebsmarty	WP Encryption – Lifetime Free SSL Cert & HTTPS, Force SSL / HTTPS Redirect, SSL Security	Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.8.6.6 (semver)

Credits

Wordfence PRISM

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