CVE-2026-109221 (GCVE-0-2026-109221)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-16 04:27
Modified
2026-10-16 17:07
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
The Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the copy_file function in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.3 This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Sales Representative-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). This is exploitable by any user holding the plugin-defined import_contacts capability, which is granted by default to the plugin's custom Sales Representative role.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
trainingbusinesspros Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation Version: 0   ≤ 4.9.3
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