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GHSA-7CVM-G94W-XFG7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-10 06:30 – Updated: 2026-10-10 06:30

Details

The Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.3 via the create_support_user() function. This is due to the function identifying the support account solely by matching against publicly hardcoded constants — user_login 'groundhogg' and email addresses 'support@groundhogg.io' / 'help@groundhogg.io' — where the in_array() email-equality check at line 238 is not a security boundary because any user fully controls their own email value. This makes it possible for an attacker with an account whose user_login is 'groundhogg' and whose user_email matches one of the hardcoded support constants to have that account silently promoted to administrator — and additionally to super admin on multisite when the triggering administrator holds manage_network_options — resulting in full site takeover. Exploitation requires a two-actor flow: the attacker must first obtain or pre-plant an account with the hardcoded credentials (possible when open user registration is enabled or another account-creation path exists), after which a legitimate administrator must invoke the support-access feature via the submit_ticket or process_send_support_access entry points to trigger the promotion.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2026-10-10T06:30:59Z",
  "published": "2026-10-10T06:30:59Z",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92975"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/groundhoggwp/groundhogg/commit/4b413aa6e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.8.1/admin/help/help-page.php#L224"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.8.1/admin/help/help-page.php#L238"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.8.1/admin/help/help-page.php#L250"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.8.1/admin/help/help-page.php#L298"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c355658a-515a-48ed-a114-6a202e23e34b?source=cve"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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}

CVE-2026-92975 (GCVE-0-2026-92975)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-10 05:31 – Updated: 2026-10-10 05:31

Title

Groundhogg <= 4.8.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Support User Identity Confusion

Summary

The Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.3 via the `create_support_user()` function. This is due to the function identifying the support account solely by matching against publicly hardcoded constants — `user_login` `'groundhogg'` and email addresses `'support@groundhogg.io'` / `'help@groundhogg.io'` — where the `in_array()` email-equality check at line 238 is not a security boundary because any user fully controls their own email value. This makes it possible for an attacker with an account whose `user_login` is `'groundhogg'` and whose `user_email` matches one of the hardcoded support constants to have that account silently promoted to administrator — and additionally to super admin on multisite when the triggering administrator holds `manage_network_options` — resulting in full site takeover. Exploitation requires a two-actor flow: the attacker must first obtain or pre-plant an account with the hardcoded credentials (possible when open user registration is enabled or another account-creation path exists), after which a legitimate administrator must invoke the support-access feature via the `submit_ticket` or `process_send_support_access` entry points to trigger the promotion.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

Wordfence CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2215 records in the last 180 days details

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ground…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ground…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ground…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ground…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ground…
https://github.com/groundhoggwp/groundhogg/commit…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
trainingbusinesspros	Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.8.3 (semver)

Credits

Wordfence PRISM

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