WordPress Groundhogg plugin <= 4.4.1 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability

published 2026-07-13 3 mo ago modified 2026-10-24 15 d ago also EUVD-2026-43462

cvss: 8.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Adrian Tobey Groundhogg groundhogg allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Groundhogg: from n/a through <= 4.4.1.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Adrian Tobey Groundhogg 4.5

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 3 mo ago (2026-07-13)

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

Adrian Tobey Groundhogg

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/groundhogg/vulnerability/wordpress-groundhogg-plugin-4-4-1-arbitrary-file-deletion-
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-57389
NVD CVE-2026-57389

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Summary