CVE-2026-17602

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.9
Exploit probability—
ProductSSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects
PublishedSep 25, 2026
First seenSep 25, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
sslzen SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirectsv ≤ 4.7.42—

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