CVE-2024-28850 affects the WP Crontrol plugin for WordPress, specifically its feature allowing administrative users to create WP-Cron events with PHP code. While not a direct vulnerability, it presents a potential Remote Code Execution (RCE) risk through vulnerability chaining, requiring a separate SQL injection or similar compromise. The CVSS score of 8.1 (High) indicates a significant impact (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability) with high attack complexity, but it is not currently being actively exploited, nor is exploit code publicly available. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.16.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:johnbillion:wp_crontrol:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.