WordPress plugin vulnerabilities
Really Simple Security - Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) vulnerabilities
Known security issues in the Really Simple Security - Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) WordPress plugin, by affected version, with severity, CVE and the version that fixes each one.
- Plugin slug
- really-simple-ssl
- Latest version
- 9.8.3
- Active installs
- 3,000,000+
- Known vulnerabilities
- 13
- Data updated
- 2026-10-16 19:05 UTC
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Fixed in version 9.8.3 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Really Simple Security (Free) <= 9.8.2 - Unauthenticated Unbounded Option Growth CVE-2026-88798 · Source | Not rated | - | < 9.8.3 | 2026-09-14 |
Fixed in version 9.8.2 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) <= 9.8.1 - Missing Authorization to 2FA Bypass CVE-2026-82519 · Source | Medium | 4.3 | < 9.8.2 | 2026-09-11 |
Fixed in version 9.8.1 (3)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) <= 9.8.0 - Unauthenticated Two-Factor Authentication Bypass CVE-2026-84777 · Source | High | 7.4 | < 9.8.1 | 2026-09-02 |
| Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) <= 9.8.0 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service CVE-2026-84775 · Source | Medium | 5.3 | < 9.8.1 | 2026-09-02 |
| Really Simple Security <= 9.8.0 - Unauthenticated Two-Factor Authentication Bypass CVE-2026-89080 · Source | Not rated | - | < 9.8.1 | 2026-09-13 |
Fixed in version 9.8.0 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) < 9.8.0 - Authenticated (Custom Role+) Remote Code Execution CVE-2026-81766 · Source | Not rated | - | < 9.8.0 | 2026-06-12 |
Fixed in version 9.5.10.1 (2)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) <= 9.5.10 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-48970 · Source | High | 8.1 | < 9.5.10.1 | 2026-06-03 |
| [en] The Really Simple Security WordPress plugin before 9.5.10.1 does not enforce the second-factor challenge in two of its two-factor authentication REST endpoints, allowing an attacker who knows a user's password to obtain a WordPress aut CVE-2026-8293 · Source | Not rated | - | < 9.5.10.1 | 2026-06-02 |
Fixed in version 9.5.10 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) <= 9.5.9 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-48969 · Source | Medium | 6.5 | < 9.5.10 | 2026-06-03 |
Fixed in version 9.5.8 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) <= 9.5.7 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-32461 · Source | Medium | 4.3 | < 9.5.8 | 2026-03-13 |
Fixed in version 9.2.0 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Really Simple SSL Plugin <= 9.1.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) CVE-2025-24623 · Source | Medium | 4.3 | < 9.2.0 | 2025-01-24 |
Fixed in version 8.0.0 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Really Simple SSL Plugin <= 7.2.3 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) CVE-2024-31229 · Source | Medium | 5.5 | < 8.0.0 | 2024-04-16 |
Affects version 9.1.1.1 and earlier (1)
The source does not state the fixed version; versions after this one are not listed as affected.
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Really Simple SSL Plugin 9.0.0-9.1.1.1 is vulnerable to Broken Authentication CVE-2024-10924 · Source | Critical | 9.8 | >= 9.0.0 and <= 9.1.1.1 | 2024-11-14 |
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