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Vulnerability details: VCID-s4q6-2u47-zucz
Vulnerability ID VCID-s4q6-2u47-zucz
Aliases CVE-2023-22622
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.08419 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-22622
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/
ssvc Track https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8
ssvc Track https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30
ssvc Track https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/
ssvc Track https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://wordpress.org/about/security/
ssvc Track https://wordpress.org/about/security/
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/
ssvc Track https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449
ssvc Track https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-22622
113449 https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449
cron https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/
how-to-install-wordpress https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/
security https://wordpress.org/about/security/
solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622 https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/
the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30 https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30
wp-cron.php#L5-L8 https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:06:54Z/ Found at https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:06:54Z/ Found at https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:06:54Z/ Found at https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:06:54Z/ Found at https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://wordpress.org/about/security/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:06:54Z/ Found at https://wordpress.org/about/security/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:06:54Z/ Found at https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:06:54Z/ Found at https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.92454
EPSS Score 0.08419
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T17:17:08.986175+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0