CVE-2026-15786
Description
The WP Encryption โ 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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-letsencrypt-ssl/tags/7.8.6.6/admin/le_admin.php#L150
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-letsencrypt-ssl/tags/7.8.6.6/admin/le_admin.php#L2120
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-letsencrypt-ssl/tags/7.8.6.6/admin/le_admin.php#L2138
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3617401%40wp-letsencrypt-ssl&new=3617401%40wp-letsencrypt-ssl
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ee86d33-5a1e-4dc5-b2f6-0beffd8a6b2e?source=cve
CWEs
CWE-22
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.