WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock <= 3.0.8 - Author+ Stored XSS via savePost

Description

The plugin does not perform authorization or nonce checks when saving countdown data on post save, and its output-sanitization allowlist permits script tags, allowing users with Author-level access and above to store arbitrary web scripts that execute when the affected content is viewed on the front end or in an administrator session.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

No known fix

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Huseyn
Submitter
Huseyn
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-11-11 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-11-04 (about 9 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-11-04 (about 9 days ago)

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