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CVE-2026-17602
SSL Zen <= 4.7.42 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read via 'file_name' Parameter
Medium4.9EPSS 0.54%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.54% · top 54% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
sslzen · SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects
- affected ≤ 4.7.42
References (8)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6bf4cc39-3a26-462d-a540-2d53e53dfa66?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ssl-zen/tags/4.7.42/ssl_zen/classes/class.ssl_zen_admin.php#L496 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ssl-zen/tags/4.7.42/ssl_zen/classes/class.ssl_zen_admin.php#L492 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ssl-zen/tags/4.7.42/ssl_zen/classes/class.ssl_zen_admin.php#L54 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ssl-zen/tags/4.7.12/ssl_zen/classes/class.ssl_zen_admin.php#L496 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ssl-zen/tags/4.7.12/ssl_zen/classes/class.ssl_zen_admin.php#L492 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ssl-zen/tags/4.7.12/ssl_zen/classes/class.ssl_zen_admin.php#L54 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3701590%40ssl-zen&new=3701590%40ssl-zen (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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