WP Encryption – One Click Free SSL Certificate & SSL / HTTPS Redirect to Force HTTPS, SSL Score <= 7.0 - Sensitive Information Exposure via insufficiently protected files

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2023-7046
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published April 9, 2024
Last Updated July 29, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając
Description

The WP Encryption – One Click Free SSL Certificate & SSL / HTTPS Redirect to Force HTTPS, SSL Score plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 7.0 via exposed Private key files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including TLS Certificate Private Keys

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-letsencrypt-ssl (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 7.0
Patched Version
  • 7.1.0
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