CVE-2026-17602
MEDIUM
NVD
CVSS Score
4.9
Severity
MEDIUM
Published
Sep 25, 2026
Vendor
unknown
Description
The SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.42 via the 'file_name' 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.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ssl-zen/tags/4.7.12/ssl_zen/classes/class.ssl_zen_admin.php#L492
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ssl-zen/tags/4.7.12/ssl_zen/classes/class.ssl_zen_admin.php#L496
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ssl-zen/tags/4.7.12/ssl_zen/classes/class.ssl_zen_admin.php#L54
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ssl-zen/tags/4.7.42/ssl_zen/classes/class.ssl_zen_admin.php#L492
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ssl-zen/tags/4.7.42/ssl_zen/classes/class.ssl_zen_admin.php#L496