WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Countdown Timer - Widget Countdown < 2.7.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Description

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.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.7.8

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Muhammad Yudha - DJ
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-01-09 (about 4 months ago)
Added
2026-01-09 (about 4 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-01-10 (about 4 months ago)

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