{"cve":"CVE-2023-22622","nvd":{"published":"2023-01-05T02:15:07.980","modified":"2026-06-17T05:35:45.610","status":"Modified","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 \"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.3},"cwes":[],"references":["https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/","https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8","https://medium.com/%40thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30","https://patchstack.com/articles/solving-unpredictable-wp-cron-problems-addressing-cve-2023-22622/","https://wordpress.org/about/security/"],"products":["wordpress:wordpress"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:37:31.370122805+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-22622","score":0.0173,"percentile":0.77612,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}