Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-8678WP Crontrol - 1.17.0 - 1.19.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery

Medium 5.9

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A medium-severity server-side request forgery in WP Crontrol from johnbillion. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 69.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The WP Crontrol plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to blind Server-Side Request Forgery in versions 1.17.0 to 1.19.1 via the 'wp_remote_request' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Packagist	johnbillion/wp-crontrol	1.19.2	GHSA-35c5-67fm-cpcp

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
johnbillion	WP Crontrol	1.17.0 – through 1.19.1

Weakness: CWE-918 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Affected packages & fixed versions

Affected products (as reported)

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