CVE-2023-2714
The Groundhogg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'check_license' functions in versions up to, and including, 2.7.9.8.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Groundhogg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'check_license' functions in versions up to, and including, 2.7.9.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to change the license key and support license key, but it can only be changed to a valid license key.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.53% probability · 43th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Affected
- groundhogg/groundhogg
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
EPSS 0.5% since 10 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/2.7.9.8/admin/guided-setup/guided-setup.php#L111Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/2.7.9.8/admin/help/help-page.php#L41Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2914493/groundhogg/tags/2.7.10/admin/help/help-page.phpThird Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/29700844-b41d-4f10-90a7-06c8574d8d2a?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/2.7.9.8/admin/guided-setup/guided-setup.php#L111Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/2.7.9.8/admin/help/help-page.php#L41Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2914493/groundhogg/tags/2.7.10/admin/help/help-page.phpThird Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/29700844-b41d-4f10-90a7-06c8574d8d2a?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.