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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-pmh6-cq54-943m",
  "modified": "2025-04-07T21:31:37Z",
  "published": "2023-01-05T03:30:36Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-22622"
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22622"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://medium.com/@thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/about/security"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-01-05T02:15:00Z"
  }
}