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Medium 5.3Published Sep 11, 2026

CVE-2026-86781SSL Zen < 4.7.40 - Subscriber+ TLS Private Key Disclosure

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects Unknown SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

The SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects WordPress plugin before 4.7.40 does not perform capability or nonce checks on a certificate-file download routine that runs early in the WordPress admin request lifecycle, allowing any authenticated user, including Subscribers, to download the site's TLS private key, certificates, and diagnostic logs.

CVSS
5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-287
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
WPScan
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
Sep 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Unknown SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects
unknown:ssl_zen_ssl_certificate_installer_and_https_redirects (from the name)
before 4.7.40
CNA record

References

  • exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description

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