Vulnerability · Published May 20, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-2735Groundhogg <= 2.7.9.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Medium 4.9
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation from trainingbusinesspros. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Groundhogg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'gh_form' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.7.9.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Please note this only works with legacy contact forms.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| trainingbusinesspros | Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation | 0 – through 2.7.9.8 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4938206e-2ea4-47ed-a307-87cf67dd74a4?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/2.7.9.8/includes/shortcodes.php#L51
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/2.7.9.8/includes/form/form.php#L187
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2914493/groundhogg/trunk/includes/better-meta-compat.php