Unauthorized Access Vulnerability in Countdown & Clock Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-2017

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 June 2024

What is CVE-2024-2017?

The Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the conditionsRow and switchCountdown functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject PHP Objects and modify the status of countdowns.

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Affected Version(s)

Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock * <= 2.7.8

References

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

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lucio Sá
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