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"cveId": "CVE-2026-92975",
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"state": "PUBLISHED",
"assignerShortName": "Wordfence",
"dateReserved": "2026-09-17T13:29:18.159Z",
"datePublished": "2026-10-10T05:31:03.178Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-10-11T16:55:17.216Z"
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"vendor": "trainingbusinesspros",
"product": "Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation",
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"version": "0",
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"value": "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."
}
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"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c355658a-515a-48ed-a114-6a202e23e34b?source=cve"
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"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.8.1/admin/help/help-page.php#L250"
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"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.8.1/admin/help/help-page.php#L224"
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"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.8.1/admin/help/help-page.php#L238"
},
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"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.8.1/admin/help/help-page.php#L298"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.8.1/admin/help/help-page.php#L599"
},
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"url": "https://github.com/groundhoggwp/groundhogg/commit/4b413aa6e"
}
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"description": "CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management",
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"type": "finder",
"value": "Wordfence PRISM"
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"timeline": [
{
"time": "2026-09-17T13:44:21.000Z",
"lang": "en",
"value": "Vendor Notified"
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{
"time": "2026-10-09T17:14:41.000Z",
"lang": "en",
"value": "Disclosed"
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"timestamp": "2026-10-11T16:37:46.153788Z"
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