Arbitrary file upload in Groundhogg - CVE-2025-0394
Published: March 19, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105872
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-0394
CWE-ID: CWE-434
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Adrian Tobey
Affected software:
Groundhogg
Groundhogg
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of file during file upload in the gh_big_file_upload() function. A remote user can upload a malicious file and execute it on the server.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-0394
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/3.7.3.5/includes/big-file-uploader.php#L117
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3221208/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/groundhogg/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b2cf3b85-2e2d-43dc-9877-9a740d4fd2fb?source=cve