CVE-2023-22622

Name	CVE-2023-22622
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wordpress (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm (security), bookworm	6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	6.6.1+dfsg1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
wordpress	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

- wordpress <not-affected> (Not an issue for packaged WordPress)