CVE-2025-8678

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

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: August 22, 2025 at 07:24 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWP Crontrol

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

60%
1.17.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.19.11.17.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

5.9MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-918

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