Description
The Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation WordPress plugin before 4.5.13 does not validate or escape values submitted to some optional web form fields before storing them and outputting them back in an administrative area, allowing unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users.
Published: 2026-08-30
Score: n/a
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The Groundhogg plugin does not validate or escape values submitted to optional web form fields such as dropdown or radio controls before storing them and later rendering them in an administrative area. This flaw allows an unauthenticated user to submit malicious script content that is persisted and executed when a high‑privilege user views the form. The execution of the injected code can compromise the confidentiality or integrity of the administration interface, potentially enabling further actions by the attacker within that privileged context.

Affected Systems

This vulnerability affects all installations of the Groundhogg WordPress plugin with a version number earlier than 4.5.13. Site administrators should examine any public Groundhogg forms that employ the vulnerable dropdown or radio fields to determine whether the affected code path is present.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVE has no EPSS score and is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog. The vulnerability can be exploited by simply submitting a crafted value to a publicly accessible Groundhogg form; no authentication is required to trigger the stored XSS. Because a high‑privilege user subsequently receives malicious code execution when accessing the administrative view, the risk is high. Immediate action is warranted to prevent attackers from leveraging this flaw.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 30, 2026 at 07:50 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update the Groundhogg plugin to version 4.5.13 or later to remove the unescaped input handling bug.
  • If an update cannot be applied immediately, disable or remove the optional dropdown and radio fields from any publicly accessible Groundhogg forms to block the injection vector.
  • Restrict the use of Groundhogg forms to authenticated users only, ensuring that only privileged accounts can submit data that is stored and later rendered in admin screens.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 30, 2026 at 07:50 UTC.

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History

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Groundhogg
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Vendors & Products Groundhogg
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Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation WordPress plugin before 4.5.13 does not validate or escape values submitted to some optional web form fields before storing them and outputting them back in an administrative area, allowing unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users.
Title Groundhogg < 4.5.13 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Web Form Dropdown/Radio Field
References

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-30T06:00:18.805Z

Reserved: 2026-08-27T10:06:26.911Z

Link: CVE-2026-81660

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-30T07:17:21.790

Modified: 2026-08-30T07:17:21.790

Link: CVE-2026-81660

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-30T08:00:05Z

Weaknesses

No weakness.