gowebsmarty Encryption Plugin up to 7.8.6.6 on WordPress imploded path traversal

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in gowebsmarty Encryption Plugin up to 7.8.6.6. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation of the argument imploded causes path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-15786. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in gowebsmarty Encryption Plugin up to 7.8.6.6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument imploded with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Encryption – One Click Free SSL Certificate & SSL / HTTPS Redirect, Security & SSL Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.6.6 via the 'imploded' 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. Although file write content is passed through esc_html(), which encodes angle brackets and prevents direct PHP execution, plaintext configuration files such as .htaccess are fully writable and exploitable for denial-of-service or redirect attacks.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-15786 since 07/14/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/23/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• gowebsmarty

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• Encryption Plugin

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• 7.8.6.0
• 7.8.6.1
• 7.8.6.2
• 7.8.6.3
• 7.8.6.4
• 7.8.6.5
• 7.8.6.6

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