# CVE-2023-2716: Groundhogg <= 2.7.9.8 - Missing Authorization to Non-Arbitrary File Upload

> Authenticated subscribers can upload files and view other users' uploads due to missing capability checks in the Groundhogg WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 May 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q4h6-r5wm-rv47

## What is CVE-2023-2716?

CVE-2023-2716 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 access of data and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ajax_upload_file' function in versions up to, and including, 2.7.9.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upload a file to the contact, and then lists all the other uploaded files related to the contact.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2716?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Groundhogg Groundhogg.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2716?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2716 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2716 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2716 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in trainingbusinesspros Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation

- [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-2023-1425](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1425/): Groundhogg Contacts < 2.7.9.4 - Admin+ SQLi (high 7.2)
- [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)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2716 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2716 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2716 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: trainingbusinesspros Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation. 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-2023-2716/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2716/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2716
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2716
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2716

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2716/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.