CVE-2025-8678 | BDVDB-2026-290751 Detail

johnbillionWP Crontrol

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12025-08-22Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22025-08-25Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2025-08-22
Last modified: 2025-08-25

Vendor information

Vendor: johnbillion
Product: WP Crontrol

All johnbillion vulnerabilities

Score

5.9 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 30.4.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Server-Side Request Forgery

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
>= 1.17.0 and <= 1.19.1
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

5.9 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	None

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).