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WP Crontrol vulnerabilities
WP Crontrol has 2 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 22 Aug 2025.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 2
- Active installs
- 300,000+
- Latest version
- 1.21.2
- Last updated
- 29 Aug 2026
- Most recent
- 22 Aug 2025
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Server-side request forgery (SSRF) CVE-2025-8678 | Medium 5.9 | Not yet published | Check for an update | 22 Aug 2025 |
| Remote code execution CVE-2024-28850 | High 8.1 | Before 1.16.2 | Fixed in 1.16.2 | 25 Mar 2024 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2025-8678, 22 Aug 2025
- 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. CVE record
- CVE-2024-28850, 25 Mar 2024
- WP Crontrol controls the cron events on WordPress websites. WP Crontrol includes a feature that allows administrative users to create events in the WP-Cron system that store and execute PHP code subject to the restrictive security permissions documented here. While there is no known vulnerability in this feature on its own, there exists potential for this feature to be vulnerable to RCE if it were specifically targeted via vulnerability chaining that exploited a separate SQLi (or similar) vulnerability. This is exploitable on a site if one of the below preconditions are met, the site is vulnerable to a writeable SQLi vulnerability in any plugin, theme, or WordPress core, the site's database is compromised at the hosting level, the site is vulnerable to a method of updating arbitrary options in the wp_options table, or the site is vulnerable to a method of triggering an arbitrary action, filter, or function with control of the parameters. As a hardening measure, WP Crontrol version 1.16.2 ships with a new feature that prevents tampering of the code stored in a PHP cron event. CVE record
What to do if you run WP Crontrol
If you run WP Crontrol, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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