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CVE-2024-28850

23
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.16.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:johnbillion:wp_crontrol:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.4
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
6.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0016 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 157 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: johnbillion/wp-crontrolFixed in: 1.16.2
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-9xvf-cjvf-ff5qhigh

WP Crontrol vulnerable to possible RCE when combined with a pre-condition

Mar 25, 2024

References

github.com / johnbillion/wp-crontrol/releases/tag/1.16.2
Release Notes
github.com / johnbillion/wp-crontrol/security/advisories/GHSA-9xvf-cjvf-ff5q
Vendor Advisory