Groundhogg <= 2.7.9.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation

7.5
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2023-2736
CVSS 7.5 (High)
Publicly Published May 19, 2023
Last Updated May 20, 2023
Researcher Lana Codes - Wordfence

Description

The Groundhogg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.7.9.8. This is due to missing nonce validation in the 'ajax_edit_contact' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to receive the auto login link via shortcode and then modify the assigned user to the auto login link to elevate verified user privileges via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug groundhogg (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.7.10, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.7.9.8
Patched Version
  • 2.7.10

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