WP Crontrol - 1.17.0 - 1.19.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery
Priority LOW 28CWE-918Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00363 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed johnbillion/wp-crontrol (Packagist): 1.19.2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| johnbillion | WP Crontrol | 1.17.0 – 1.19.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | johnbillion/wp-crontrol (Packagist) | 1.17.0 to before 1.19.2 | 1.19.2 | Patch available | GHSA-35c5-67fm-cpcp |
- WP Crontrol Vendorjohnbillion Affected 1.17.0 – 1.19.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- johnbillion/wp-crontrol (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 1.17.0 to before 1.19.2 Fixed in 1.19.2 Patch available GHSA-35c5-67fm-cpcp
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-35c5-67fm-cpcp johnbillion/wp-crontrol (Packagist) Fixed in 1.19.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-8678
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-35c5-67fm-cpcp
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ab40146d-9b49-4214-af73-41c5b5512542?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-crontrol/trunk/src/bootstrap.php#L2712
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3347075/
- https://github.com/johnbillion/wp-crontrol/security/advisories/GHSA-35c5-67fm-cpcp
- https://github.com/johnbillion/wp-crontrol/commit/b085bd306588d7a9baed82de37f9d1818deafc44
- https://github.com/johnbillion/wp-crontrol
- https://github.com/johnbillion/wp-crontrol/releases/tag/1.19.2
More johnbillion vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-03712 Query Monitor <= 3.20.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Request URI CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2024-19052 WP Crontrol possible RCE when combined with a pre-condition CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
Sources
- CVE-2025-8678 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-8678 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-35c5-67fm-cpcp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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