CVE-2026-92975CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-92975

High · published October 10, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
27.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.3 via the `create_support_user()` function. This is due to the function identifying the support account solely by matching against publicly hardcoded constants — `user_login` `'groundhogg'` and email addresses `'[email protected]'` / `'[email protected]'` — where the `in_array()` email-equality check at line 238 is not a security boundary because any user fully controls their own email value. This makes it possible for an attacker with an account whose `user_login` is `'groundhogg'` and whose `user_email` matches one of the hardcoded support constants to have that account silently promoted to administrator — and additionally to super admin on multisite when the triggering administrator holds `manage_network_options` — resulting in full site takeover. Exploitation requires a two-actor flow: the attacker must first obtain or pre-plant an account with the hardcoded credentials (possible when open user registration is enabled or another account-creation path exists), after which a legitimate administrator must invoke the support-access feature via the `submit_ticket` or `process_send_support_access` entry points to trigger the promotion.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00352 · 27.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-10-10T10:16Z
References (7)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 OCT 03:33Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 10 OCT 05:31Z
    Groundhogg <= 4.8.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Support User Identity Confusion
    cvelistv5
  • 10 OCT 05:31Z
    Groundhogg <= 4.8.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Support User Identity Confusion
    cvelistv5