WordPress Countdown Widget <= 3.1.9.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-2944
CVSS Medium (5.5)
Publicly Published September 19, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marco Wotschka
Description

The WordPress Countdown Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters in versions up to, and including, 3.1.9.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wordpress-countdown-widget (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.1.9.2
Patched Version
  • 3.1.9.3
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