CVE-2023-22622

Summary

CVECVE-2023-22622
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-01-05 02:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 04:07:00 UTC
DescriptionWordPress 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WordPress Cron Enabled | Tenable® MISC www.tenable.com
WordPress/wp-cron.php at dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab · WordPress/WordPress · GitHub MISC github.com
Cron | Plugin Developer Handbook | WordPress Developer Resources MISC developer.wordpress.org
How to install WordPress – WordPress.org Forums MISC wordpress.org
Solving Unpredictable WP-Cron Problems, Addressing CVE-2023-22622 - Patchstack MISC patchstack.com
The nightmare that is wp-cron.php | by The cPanel Guy | Medium MISC medium.com
Security | WordPress.org MISC wordpress.org
The nightmare that is wp-cron.php | by The cPanel Guy | Medium medium.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 154129 WordPress wp-cron Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (CVE-2023-22622)
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