CVE-2023-22622 Information

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 he 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.

Reference

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8 https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/ https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449 https://medium.com/@thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30 https://wordpress.org/about/security/ https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/