CVE-2025-14555
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 12th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- 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#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-countdown/trunk/includes/front_end.php#L48
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3425959/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ee84c720-7997-4c09-a2f9-5e1a28bd1100?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.