onyx --cves cve-2023-22622
CVE-2023-22622
- score
- <0.1
- cvss
- 5.3
- epss
- 1.7%
- published
- 2023-01-05
- kev added
- —
- first seen
WordPress versions up to 6.1.1 depend on unpredictable client visits to trigger wp-cron.php for security updates, but this behavior is not documented or flagged as a security risk, especially on low-traffic sites.
Timeline
How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.
- Published
- Tracked by Onyx
- Public PoC
Exploit availability
Public PoC flagged by vulnx; no direct exploit link among the citations.
Weaknesses
NVD-CWE-Other
References 7
- https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449
- https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30
- https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/
- https://wordpress.org/about/security/
- https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8
- https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/