CVE-2025-48300
WordPress Groundhogg plugin <= 4.2.1 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Adrian Tobey Groundhogg groundhogg allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Groundhogg: from n/a through <= 4.2.1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
9.1
WordPress Groundhogg plugin <= 4.2.1 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Adrian Tobey Groundhogg groundhogg allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Groundhogg: from n/a through <= 4.2.1.
- Record
CVE-2025-48300- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-21623
9.1
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Adrian Tobey Groundhogg groundhogg allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Groundhogg: from n/a through <= 4.2.1.
- Record
EUVD-2025-21623- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hcq9-76gq-cf56
9.1
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Adrian Tobey Groundhogg allows...
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Adrian Tobey Groundhogg allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server. This issue affects Groundhogg: from n/a through 4.2.1.
- Record
GHSA-hcq9-76gq-cf56- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
9.1
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Adrian Tobey Groundhogg groundhogg allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Groundhogg: from n/a through <= 4.2.1.
- Record
CVE-2025-48300- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-48300 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Adrian Tobey Groundhogg, published July 16, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/groundhogg/vulnerability/wordpress-groundhogg-4-2-1-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48300
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/groundhogg/vulnerability/wordpress-groundhogg-4-2-1-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hcq9-76gq-cf56