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CVE-2023-22622

Published: Jan 5, 2023

Modified: Apr 7, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

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/

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