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GHSA-PMH6-CQ54-943M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-05 03:30 – Updated: 2025-04-07 21:31

Details

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.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2023-22622 (GCVE-0-2023-22622)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-05 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-07 18:38

Summary

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-…
	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449
	https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b…
	https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/
	https://wordpress.org/about/security/
	https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-inst…
	https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredict…

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GHSA-PMH6-CQ54-943M

CVE-2023-22622 (GCVE-0-2023-22622)

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