CVE-2023-22622
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...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Affected packages
Bitnami
wordpress-multisite
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.2"}]}]
Bitnami
wordpress
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.2"}]}]
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-22622 wordpress
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- web developer.wordpress.org
- web github.com
- web medium.com
- web patchstack.com
- web wordpress.org
- web wordpress.org
- web tenable.com