CVE-2026-92975 json
Groundhogg <= 4.8.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Support User Identity Confusion
published last mo. modified 29d ago also EUVD-2026-96105
- cvss
- 8.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Patch / fix
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- last mo.
Exploit prediction
0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- trainingbusinesspros Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
- Technology feeds
References
- github.com /groundhoggwp/groundhogg/commit/4b413aa6e
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c355658a-515a-48ed-a114-6a202e23e34b?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/groundhogg/tags/4.8.1/admin/help/help-page.php#L250
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/groundhogg/tags/4.8.1/admin/help/help-page.php#L224
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/groundhogg/tags/4.8.1/admin/help/help-page.php#L238
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/groundhogg/tags/4.8.1/admin/help/help-page.php#L298
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/groundhogg/tags/4.8.1/admin/help/help-page.php#L599
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-92975
- NVD CVE-2026-92975
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