CVE-2026-104725 Groundhogg CRM - Privilege Escalation

Groundhogg CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation plugin for WordPress <= 4.9 contains a privilege escalation caused by missing ownership and capability checks in process_edit() function, letting authenticated users with edit_contacts capability escalate to administrator by linking contacts to admin user IDs and using auto-login URLs, exploit requires authenticated user with sales_rep-level access or higher.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.33% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Privilege Escalation
Impact
Privilege Escalation
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
10 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-269

Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 4.9 or the latest available version.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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