Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Countdown Timer Plugin for WordPress

CVE-2025-14555

What is CVE-2025-14555?

The Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting through the 'wpdevart_countdown' shortcode. This vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes. Authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this issue to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, which are subsequently executed when a user visits the compromised page. This poses a significant risk of data theft and site manipulation if left unaddressed.

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