Allow access to site from PHP CLI

I do need to run a cron job every 15min even if the site maintenance mode is activated.
Will it be ok to test argv[0] if REQUEST_URI is empty?

file: wp-manintenance-mode.php
line: 613

foreach ($this->plugin_settings[‘general’][‘exclude’] as $item) {
if ((!empty($_SERVER[‘REMOTE_ADDR’]) && strstr($_SERVER[‘REMOTE_ADDR’], $item)) || (!empty($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’]) && strstr($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’], $item)) /*SPRO*/ || (empty($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’]) && isset($_SERVER[‘argv’]) && isset($_SERVER[‘argv’][0]) && !empty($_SERVER[‘argv’][0]) && strstr($_SERVER[‘argv’][0], $item))/*SPRO*/) {
$is_excluded = true;
break;

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