cve/2023/CVE-2023-22622.md

CVE-2023-22622

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.

POC

Reference

• https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• https://github.com/alopresto/epss_api_demo
• https://github.com/alopresto6m/epss_api_demo
• https://github.com/michael-david-fry/CVE-2023-22622
• https://github.com/michael-david-fry/wp-cron-smash
• https://github.com/nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHub