Cron Jobs

Cron Jobs has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2024; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.1, and the most serious one scores 6.1 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Cron Jobs has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.

All of these findings were reported by vgo0. Cron Jobs is installed on roughly 2,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

6.1/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 6.1CVE-2024-8731

Cron Jobs <= 1.2.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2024-09-12 00:00	Cron Jobs <= 1.2.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Cron Jobs <= 1.2.9	`CVE-2024-8731`	6.1 Medium	vgo0	Yes

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Latestv1.2.12

Cron Jobs

Author

Ariel

4.7(3)

94/100

Last Updated

2025-12-19 (9mo ago)

Active Installs

2,000+

Downloads

33,459

Requires WP

4.1+

Requires PHP

5.4+

Tested up to

WP 6.9.7

Created

2019-08-13 (7y ago)

Cron Jobs is a lightweight yet powerful plugin that simplifies the management of your WordPress cron events. With this tool, you can quickly view, run, and modify your scheduled tasks (cron jobs) without writing code. It’s ideal for developers, site managers, or anyone needing better control over WordPress’s background processes. Key features include: Run or bulk run selected cron jobs instantly. Edit cron job schedule, next run time, and arguments directly from the list view. Customize visible columns and preferences via the native “Screen Options” panel. Access help and documentation to better understand how WordPress cron works.

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