CVE-2023-22622

Severity Score

5.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

WordPress hasta 6.1.1 depende de visitas impredecibles de clientes para provocar la ejecución de wp-cron.php y las actualizaciones de seguridad resultantes, y el código fuente describe "el escenario en el que un sitio puede no recibir suficientes visitas para ejecutar las tareas programadas de manera oportuna" pero ni la guía de instalación ni la guía de seguridad mencionan este comportamiento predeterminado, ni alertan al usuario sobre riesgos de seguridad en instalaciones con muy pocas visitas.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-01-05 CVE Reserved
2023-01-05 CVE Published
2024-08-02 First Exploit
2025-04-07 CVE Updated
2025-08-16 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
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
https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622	Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/michael-david-fry/CVE-2023-22622	2024-08-02

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron	2023-11-07
https://wordpress.org/about/security	2023-11-07
https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				<= 6.1.1 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 6.1.1"		-		Affected