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CVE-2023-22622

WordPress through 6.1.1 depends on unpredictable client visits to cause wp-cron.php execution and the resulting security updates, and the source code describes "the scenario where a site may not receive enough visits to execute scheduled tasks in a timely manner," but neither the installation guide nor the security guide mentions this default behavior, or alerts the user about security risks on installations with very few visits.

Published

2023-01-05T02:15:07.980

Last Modified

2025-04-07T19:15:49.383

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 6.1.1	Yes

References

https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/ Product, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30 ([email protected])
https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/about/security/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/ Product, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/about/security/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)