Updating WP, themes and plugins with old version of OpenSSL?

  • To support various legacy apps our current WP server cannot be updated to the more current OpenSSL. Migrating to a newer server is planned but will be months away. Is there ANY way to get updates working again in the interim apart from manually?

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  • Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    I’m afraid that manual updates are your only option until your host updates its openssl.

    *Looks and finds post*

    This reply from Otto sums it up perfectly.

    https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/help-i-cant-upgrade-plugins-and-themes?replies=3&view=all#post-7373897

    This error is caused by your server having an outdated version of curl and/or the OpenSSL library.

    Modern SSL certificates are signed using the SHA-256 algorithm, which your older code lacks support for. You need to update your server, or if you have a webhost, they need to update it for you.

    Note that all older versions of OpenSSL are considered to be dangerously insecure, and you should be updating these in any case. If the webhost cannot update the server, then it’s time to find a new hosting service.

    Thread Starter KathyW

    (@kathyw)

    Yes thank you Jan, I found that too. That’s why I posted here and added that due to support for legacy apps the server CANNOT be updated. Transitioning the WP installs to an updated server is SOME MONTHS AWAY.

    Now it gets more interesting – it seems to be the download connection that is failing when updating from WITHIN WordPress. HTTP downloads to get the files works fine. As does using fetch from the hosting server. wget fails from the hosting server with a “cannot verify” the fancy new certificate on www.ads-software.com. HOWEVER with the –no-check-certificate switch wget will work fine.

    Is there a way to specify, in the wp-config.php file perhaps, to add or specify this switch to be used? Or tell WP to use fetch instead?

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