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

In plain English

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

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Packagistjohnbillion/wp-crontrol1.19.2GHSA-35c5-67fm-cpcp

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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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