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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-8678

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.

Published Aug 22, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 25, 2025 · WP Crontrol

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8678. EPSS is 0.36%. Act only if a listed version of WP Crontrol is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.36%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor johnbillion WP Crontrol 1.17.0 ≤1.19.1

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.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor johnbillion WP Crontrol 1.17.0 ≤1.19.11.17.0 ≤1.19.1

How to fix CVE-2025-8678

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8678. EPSS is 0.36%. Act only if a listed version of WP Crontrol is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with johnbillion WP Crontrol 1.17.0 ≤1.19.1 1.17.0 ≤1.19.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.36%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 22, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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 service

  2. Aug 25, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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 service

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8678

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8678

    30-day exploitation probability 0.36%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-25506

    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 arbitr

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.