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Wordpress: CVE-2023-22622: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

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Wordpress: CVE-2023-22622: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/05/2023
Created
01/24/2023
Added
01/23/2023
Modified
02/06/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • wordpress-upgrade-6_1_2

References

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