{"id":"CVE-2026-104725","revision":"361264350e644ca0b800e22ed9fd420b","records":[{"revision":"361264350e644ca0b800e22ed9fd420b","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-104725","aliases":[],"title":"Groundhogg <= 4.9 - Authenticated (Custom+) Privilege Escalation to 'user' Parameter","description":"The Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.9 This is due to a missing ownership and capability check on the `user` parameter within the `process_edit()` function, which allows any authenticated user with the `edit_contacts` capability to reassign a contact record's linked WordPress user ID to any arbitrary account without requiring the `edit_users` or `promote_users` capabilities. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with sales_rep-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to administrator by linking a contact to an administrator's WordPress user ID, then creating a note containing the `{auto_login_link}` replacement tag to trigger generation of a valid auto-login permissions-key URL for the administrator-linked contact, and finally visiting that URL to authenticate as the targeted administrator. The auto-login URL is stored in the note content and is readable back by the attacker via the `view_notes` and `add_notes` capabilities that the sales_rep role holds by default.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-10-10T05:30:59.219+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-11T16:55:17.817+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"vendor\": \"trainingbusinesspros\",\n                    \"product\": \"Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation\",\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"0\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"4.9\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        }\n                    ],\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\"\n                }"}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH"}],"references":["https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/715b4d10-b19a-4b37-8a76-985c37975c93?source=cve","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9/admin/contacts/contacts-page.php#L565","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9/admin/contacts/contacts-page.php#L507","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9/includes/classes/note.php#L58","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9/includes/replacements.php#L1811","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9/includes/rewrites.php#L471","https://github.com/groundhoggwp/groundhogg/commit/804abf42a","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3724910%40groundhogg%2Ftags%2F4.9.1&old=3724058%40groundhogg%2Ftags%2F4.9"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-104725","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-104725","identifiers":["CVE-2026-104725"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}