CVE-2023-22622 (GCVE-0-2023-22622)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-01-05 00:00
Modified
2025-04-07 18:38
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/Product, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30
cve@mitre.orghttps://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/about/security/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/Product, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/about/security/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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