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CVE-2026-86781

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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 down…

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
5.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-11 07:16
Modified: 2026-09-11 17:35
NVD status: Deferred
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC · record ↗

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