The groundhogg plugin before 1.3.5 for WordPress has wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=bulk_action_listener remote code execution.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-15647 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.48%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-12-01 | 10.96% | 10.48% | -0.49% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 35.58% | 10.96% | -24.61% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 35.58% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | 3.0 | HIGH |
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2.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 6.5 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| groundhogg | groundhogg | < 1.3.5 | cpe:2.3:a:groundhogg:groundhogg:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/groundhogg/#developers | Release Notes |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9834 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/04/05/our-proactive-monitoring-caught-an-authenticated-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-being-introduced-in-to-groundhogg | Exploit Third Party Advisory |