Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in One-Click Countdown Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2022-4954

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Waiting: One-click Countdowns
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 October 2023

Summary

The One-click Countdown plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. This flaw allows authenticated users, particularly those with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary scripts through the Countdown name input. Any web scripts injected will execute when users load the affected pages, potentially leading to unauthorized actions and data exposure.

Affected Version(s)

Waiting: One-click countdowns * <= 0.6.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/waiting/trunk/...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marco Wotschka
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