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CVE-2026-3829: WP Encryption - One Click SSL & Force HTTPS <= 7.8.5.10 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) SSL Setup Tampering

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The WP Encryption – One Click Free SSL Certificate & SSL / HTTPS Redirect, Security & SSL Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to missing capability checks on the 'wple_basic_get_requests' function in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.5.10. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber level access and above, to reset the SSL setup state, force SSL to appear complete, and modify plan selection options.

Affected products

• gowebsmarty WP Encryption – One Click Free SSL Certificate & SSL / HTTPS Redirect, Security & SSL Scan: through 7.8.5.10

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=wp-letsencrypt-ssl/tags/7.8.5.10/admin/le_admin.php&new_path=wp-letsencrypt-ssl/tags/7.8.5.11/admin/le_admin.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=wp-letsencrypt-ssl/tags/7.8.5.10/admin/le_handlers.php&new_path=wp-letsencrypt-ssl/tags/7.8.5.11/admin/le_handlers.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9a09ec65-32e4-4841-a365-f67c15b80bf9?source=cve

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