Server-Side Request Forgery in WP Crontrol Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-8678

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
WP Crontrol
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 August 2025

What is CVE-2025-8678?

The WP Crontrol plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers with Administrator-level access to leverage the 'wp_remote_request' function for Server-Side Request Forgery. This exploitation enables these attackers to initiate web requests to arbitrary locations, which can result in unauthorized access to internal services, allowing them to query and potentially modify sensitive information.

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Affected Version(s)

WP Crontrol 1.17.0 <= 1.19.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-crontrol/tr...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3347075/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Jonas Benjamin Friedli
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