CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-22622
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-01-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (<= 6.1.1)
References
- https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/ Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8 Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30 medium.com
- https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/ Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/about/security/ Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449 Third Party Advisory
- https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/ Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8 Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30 medium.com
- https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/ Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/about/security/ Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449 Third Party Advisory