CVE-2025-14555
6.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wpdevart_countdown' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| wpdevart | Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown | 0 <= 2.7.7 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ee84c720-7997-4c09-a2f9-5e1a28bd1100?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-countdown/trunk/includes/front_end.php#L167
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-countdown/trunk/includes/front_end.php#L48
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-countdown/trunk/includes/front_end.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3425959/
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