What is CVE-2025-8678?

CVE-2025-8678 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Johnbillion Wp Crontrol, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2025-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2025-8678?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-8678 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SSRF in Johnbillion Wp Crontrol

CVE-2025-8678

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.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.003 (27.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Johnbillion Wp Crontrol — versions 1.17.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8678?: CVE-2025-8678 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Johnbillion Wp Crontrol, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2025-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2025-8678?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-8678 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.