Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Countdown Timer Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-14555

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 January 2026

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.

Affected Version(s)

Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown 0 <= 2.7.7

References

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

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Muhammad Yudha - DJ
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