{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "4.9"
              }
            ],
            "source": [
              "AFFECTED_FIELD",
              "REFERENCES"
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "804abf42a"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/groundhoggwp/groundhogg",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Wordfence",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-269"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/104xxx/CVE-2026-104725.json"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-104725",
  "modified": "2026-10-13T02:30:31.827469118Z",
  "published": "2026-10-10T05:30:59.219Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9/admin/contacts/contacts-page.php#L507"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9/admin/contacts/contacts-page.php#L565"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9/includes/classes/note.php#L58"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9/includes/replacements.php#L1811"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/4.9/includes/rewrites.php#L471"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=\u0026new=3724910%40groundhogg%2Ftags%2F4.9.1\u0026old=3724058%40groundhogg%2Ftags%2F4.9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/715b4d10-b19a-4b37-8a76-985c37975c93?source=cve"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/104xxx/CVE-2026-104725.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104725"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/groundhoggwp/groundhogg/commit/804abf42a"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Groundhogg \u003c= 4.9 - Authenticated (Custom+) Privilege Escalation to 'user' Parameter"
}