CVE-2023-22622 — WordPress through 6

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 n

01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-07T18:38:53.181Z

09References

• medium.com — https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30
• www.tenable.com — https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449
• github.com — https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a92…
• developer.wordpress.org — https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/
• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/about/security/
• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/
• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressin…