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CVE-2023-2717: Groundhogg <= 2.7.9.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Disable All Plugins
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2023-05-20 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-352
Description
The Groundhogg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.7.9.8. This is due to missing nonce validation on the 'enable_safe_mode' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable safe mode, which disables all other plugins, via a forged request if they can successfully trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. A warning message about safe mode is displayed to the admin, which can be easily disabled.
Affected products
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/2.7.9.8/admin/help/help-page.php#L67
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2914493/groundhogg/tags/2.7.10/admin/help/help-page.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af73240c-b711-4e91-9998-5f7e6a9a4fb9?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/2.7.9.8/admin/help/help-page.php#L67
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2914493/groundhogg/tags/2.7.10/admin/help/help-page.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af73240c-b711-4e91-9998-5f7e6a9a4fb9?source=cve
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