CVE-2019-15647: The groundhogg plugin before 1.3.5 for WordPress has wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=bulk_action_listener remote code execution

High severity · published Aug 27, 2019

CVE-2019-15647

The groundhogg plugin before 1.3.5 for WordPress has wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=bulk_action_listener remote code execution

8.8

CVSS

4.5%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

The groundhogg plugin before 1.3.5 for WordPress has wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=bulk_action_listener remote code execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

Low

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.5% · higher than 92% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Groundhogg · Groundhogg

before 1.3.5 · source: NVD

Affected product

Groundhogg

All Groundhogg CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15647

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15647

Release Notes

https://wordpress.org/plugins/groundhogg/#developers

Third Party Advisory

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9834

Exploit

https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/04/05/our-proactive-monitoring-caught-an-authenticated-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-being-introduced-in-to-groundhogg