CVE-2023-22622
5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
40.4%
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
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress:wordpress | wordpress | le | 6.1.1 |
References
developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/
github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8
medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30
patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/
wordpress.org/about/security/
wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/
www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449
Related
5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
40.4%