Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This affects older Crony Cronjob Manager installations for WordPress. A malicious site could potentially cause a logged-in WordPress administrator to create a cron entry with attacker-controlled content, including XSS sequences. The sources do not provide CVSS, broad impact details, or evidence of active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted WordPress hygiene issue, not an emergency internet-wide event. Prioritize remediation where the plugin is installed on externally managed or business-critical WordPress sites.
Technical view
The reported flaw is CSRF in WP_Admin_UI for Crony Cronjob Manager before 0.4.7, involving the name parameter during action=manage and do=create. The description says XSS sequences could be inserted. Available sources identify the vulnerable version boundary but provide limited detail on prerequisites and impact scope.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to WordPress sites running Crony Cronjob Manager before 0.4.7. Practical risk depends on whether an attacker can lure a logged-in privileged WordPress user into a malicious request path.
Exploitation context
No CISA KEV listing is provided, and the source bundle does not cite active exploitation. The issue is public and old, but available evidence here only supports a CSRF-to-XSS-style risk in vulnerable plugin versions.
Researcher notes
The public record is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, CPE, or detailed exploit prerequisites are included. Do not infer affected products beyond Crony Cronjob Manager before 0.4.7. The key claims are CSRF, the name parameter, create operation, and XSS sequence insertion.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Crony Cronjob Manager to version 0.4.7 or later.
- If upgrading is not possible, disable or remove the plugin.
- Check vendor and WordPress plugin guidance before redeploying.
- Review cron entries for unexpected names or script-like content.
- Restrict WordPress administrator access to trusted users only.
Validation and detection
- Inventory WordPress sites for the Crony Cronjob Manager plugin.
- Confirm installed plugin versions are 0.4.7 or later.
- Review plugin changelog and vendor references for the fixed release.
- Inspect existing plugin-created cron entries for suspicious content.
- Verify admin create actions use CSRF protection after updating.
Public sources used
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- Unknown
- CVSS
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- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/crony/#developersCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/9CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2017-14530-crony.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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