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CVE-2023-22622 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/	CVE	ProductVendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30	CVE
https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/about/security/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/	[email protected]	ProductVendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30	[email protected]
https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/about/security/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wordpress wordpress	<= 6.1.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 7, 2025	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Feb 1, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 11, 2023	Initial Analysis	[email protected]