# CVE-2023-1425: Groundhogg Contacts < 2.7.9.4 - Admin+ SQLi

> Admins can exploit SQL injection in Groundhogg plugin to read or modify database contents.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 11 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ch73-x6xh-8mrp

## What is CVE-2023-1425?

CVE-2023-1425 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown WordPress CRM, Email & Marketing Automation for WordPress | Award Winner — Groundhogg, published on 10 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WordPress CRM, Email & Marketing Automation for WordPress | Award Winner — Groundhogg WordPress plugin before 2.7.9.4 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admins

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1425?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Groundhogg Groundhogg.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1425?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1425 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1425 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1425 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WordPress CRM, Email & Marketing Automation for WordPress | Award Winner — Groundhogg

- [CVE-2019-15647](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15647/): The groundhogg plugin before 1.3.5 for WordPress has wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=bulk_action_listener remote code execution. (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-34179](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34179/): WordPress Groundhogg Plugin <= 2.7.11 is vulnerable to SQL Injection (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2023-2736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2736/): Groundhogg <= 2.7.9.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-37264](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37264/): WordPress Groundhogg plugin <= 3.4.2.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-40681](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40681/): WordPress Groundhogg Plugin <= 2.7.11.10 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1425 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1425 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown WordPress CRM, Email & Marketing Automation for WordPress | Award Winner — Groundhogg, published on 10 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1425 exists.

Affected product: Unknown WordPress CRM, Email & Marketing Automation for WordPress | Award Winner — Groundhogg. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1425/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1425/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1425
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1425
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1425

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1425/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.