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CVE-2024-28850: WP Crontrol vulnerable to possible RCE when combined with a pre-condition

high Affects johnbillion/wp-crontrol, wp-crontrol (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

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

Package
johnbillion/wp-crontrol Composer
Affected versions
<1.16.2
Fixed in
1.16.2
Severity
high  CVSS 8.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (5.8th percentile)
Published
2024-03-25
Source
osv.dev

References

WP Crontrol controls the cron events on WordPress websites. WP Crontrol includes a feature that allows administrative users to create events in the WP-Cron system that store and execute PHP code subj

Package
wp-crontrol (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.16.2
Fixed in
1.16.2
Severity
high  CVSS 8.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (5.8th percentile)
Published
2024-03-25
Source
nvd

References

CWE-494
NVD recordjohnbillion/wp-crontrol advisorieswp-crontrol (WordPress plugin) advisories

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