Groundhogg <= 4.2.2 — Authenticated (Sales Representative+) PHP Object Injection
CVE-2025-54053Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.2.2Update to 4.2.2.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-502 PHP Object Injection
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation groundhogg
- Affected≤ 4.2.2
- Patched in4.2.2.1
Update to 4.2.2.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.2.2. Version 4.2.2.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.2.2.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to 63n0.
The WordPress CRM, Email & Marketing Automation for WordPress | Award Winner — Groundhogg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.2 via deserialization of untrusted input. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software, which means this vulnerability has no impact unless another plugin or theme containing a POP chain is installed on the site. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it may allow the attacker to perform actions like delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code depending on the POP chain present.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| High8.1 | Authenticated (Sales Representative+) Arbitrary File Deletion via CSV Import 'copy_file' Field Mapping ≤4.9.3Update to 4.9.4 | CVE-2026-109221 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'ref' Parameter ≤4.5.14Update to 4.5.15 | CVE-2026-18548 | |
| High8.1 | Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Support User Identity Confusion ≤4.8.3Update to 4.9 | CVE-2026-92975 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Custom+) Privilege Escalation to 'user' Parameter ≤4.9Update to 4.9.1 | CVE-2026-104725 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Information Exposure ≤4.8.3Update to 4.9 | CVE-2026-104385 |
- High8.1Authenticated (Sales Representative+) Arbitrary File Deletion via CSV Import 'copy_file' Field Mapping
≤4.9.3Update to 4.9.4
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'ref' Parameter
≤4.5.14Update to 4.5.15
- High8.1Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Support User Identity Confusion
≤4.8.3Update to 4.9
- High8.8Authenticated (Custom+) Privilege Escalation to 'user' Parameter
≤4.9Update to 4.9.1
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure
≤4.8.3Update to 4.9
Same weakness (PHP Object Injection)
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|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
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Chatterbug Forms – Fast, Flexible WordPress Form Builder
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ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.