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CVE-2025-8678VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-8678: WP Crontrol · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Affects WP CrontrolSource CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.9 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 29% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 22 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
johnbillion WP CrontrolAffected
  • =1.17.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-8678, organizations should immediately upgrade the WP Crontrol plugin to a version where this vulnerability is fixed once available. Until a patch is released, restrict administrator access to trusted personnel only and enforce strong authentication mechanisms such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) to reduce the risk of credential compromise. Implement network segmentation and firewall rules to limit the WordPress server's ability to make outbound HTTP requests to internal services, thereby reducing the impact of SSRF exploitation. Monitor logs for unusual outbound requests originating from the WordPress server, especially to internal IP ranges or sensitive endpoints. Additionally, consider using Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block suspicious SSRF patterns. Regularly audit plugin usage and remove unnecessary plugins to reduce the attack surface. Finally, educate administrators about the risks of SSRF and the importance of safeguarding admin credentials.

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.

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