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ghsa-pmh6-cq54-943m

Vulnerability from github

Published

2023-01-05 03:30

Modified

2025-04-07 21:31

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

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.

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  "modified": "2025-04-07T21:31:37Z",
  "published": "2023-01-05T03:30:36Z",
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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

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30
	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449
	https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8
	https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/
	https://wordpress.org/about/security/
	https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/
	https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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