WordPress through 6.1.1 depends on unpredictable client visits to cause wp-cron.php execution and the resulting security updates, and the source code describes "the scenario where a site may not receive enough visits to execute scheduled tasks in a timely manner," but neither the installation guide nor the security guide mentions this default behavior, or alerts the user about security risks on installations with very few visits. https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/dca7b5204b5fea54e6d1774689777b359a9222ab/wp-cron.php#L5-L8 https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/ https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/113449 https://medium.com/@thecpanelguy/the-nightmare-that-is-wpcron-php-ae31c1d3ae30 https://wordpress.org/about/security/ https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/
Created wordpress tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: epel-all [bug 2159639] Affects: fedora-all [bug 2159640]
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