CVE-2023-2715 Groundhogg <= 2.7.9.8 - Missing Authorization to Admin Account and Ticket Creation
Authenticated attackers can create admin accounts and leak data via missing capability checks in the Groundhogg WordPress plugin when a valid license is active.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-2715?
CVE-2023-2715 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in trainingbusinesspros Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation, published on 20 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Groundhogg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'submit_ticket' function in versions up to, and including, 2.7.9.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to create a support ticket that sends the website's data to the plugin developer, and it is also possible to create an admin access with an auto login link that is also sent to the plugin developer with the ticket. It only works if the plugin is activated with a valid license.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2715?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Groundhogg Groundhogg.
How do I fix CVE-2023-2715?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2715 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2023-2715 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2715 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in trainingbusinesspros Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation
- 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.
- CVE-2023-34179 WordPress Groundhogg Plugin <= 2.7.11 is vulnerable to SQL Injection
- CVE-2023-2736 Groundhogg <= 2.7.9.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2023-1425 Groundhogg Contacts < 2.7.9.4 - Admin+ SQLi
- CVE-2024-37264 WordPress Groundhogg plugin <= 3.4.2.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qx5q-xjh7-6gvc.