Groundhogg Plugin up to 4.4 on WordPress path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Groundhogg Plugin up to 4.4 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-40727. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Groundhogg Plugin up to 4.4 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Sales Representative Arbitrary File Deletion in Groundhogg <= 4.4 versions.

The weakness was disclosed by Daroo. The advisory is available at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-40727 since 04/15/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/16/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/15/2026 CVE reserved
06/16/2026 +62 days Advisory disclosed
06/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Daroo
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-40727 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-40727
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-371042

Entryinfo

Created: 06/16/2026 06:06
Changes: 06/16/2026 06:06 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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