# CVE-2025-4206: Path traversal in Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation

> Administrators can delete arbitrary files via path traversal, potentially leading to remote code execution by deleting critical configuration files.

- **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:** 9 May 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-35m2-qpj3-cgx8

## What is CVE-2025-4206?

CVE-2025-4206 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in trainingbusinesspros Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation, published on 9 May 2025. 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 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'process_export_delete' and 'process_import_delete' functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4206?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-4206?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4206 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4206 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4206 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-4206 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4206 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in trainingbusinesspros Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation, published on 9 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4206 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-2025-4206/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4206/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4206
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4206
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4206

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4206/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.