Description
The Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the copy_file function in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.3 This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Sales Representative-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). This is exploitable by any user holding the plugin-defined import_contacts capability, which is granted by default to the plugin's custom Sales Representative role.
References10
- github.com/groundhoggwp/groundhogg/commit/e319e4a849bfbb07cccfb…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9.3/admin/…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9.3/admin/…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9.3/includ…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9.3/includ…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9.3/includ…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9.3/includ…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9.3/includ…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9.3/includ…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9.3/includ…
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.1
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 56 · as of 10 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-22
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