The The Countdown plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘clientId’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
History

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Zourbuth
Zourbuth the Countdown
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:zourbuth:the_countdown:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Zourbuth
Zourbuth the Countdown

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 26 Jun 2025 03:00:00 +0000

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Description The The Countdown plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘clientId’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
Title The Countdown <= 2.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via clientId Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2025-06-26T02:22:20.215Z

Updated: 2025-06-26T13:25:11.359Z

Reserved: 2025-06-09T14:45:09.998Z

Link: CVE-2025-5929

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-26T13:25:02.185Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-06-26T03:15:24.953

Modified: 2025-07-07T16:04:01.473

Link: CVE-2025-5929

cve-icon Redhat

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