Missing authorization in adamskaat Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock
Priority LOW 24CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00317 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| adamskaat | Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock | up to 2.7.8 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock Vendoradamskaat Affected up to 2.7.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:edmonsoft:countdown_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 2.7.8.1 | Vulnerable | Adam Skaat |
- cpe:2.3:a:edmonsoft:countdown_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.7.8.1 Vulnerable ·Adam Skaat
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-2017
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pcmg-m577-c53m
References
Patch 2
More adamskaat vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-22111 WordPress Countdown & Clock plugin <=2.8.8 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2025-01995 Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock <= 2.8.9.1 - Unauthenticated Limited Local File Inclusion CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2025-17418 WordPress Scroll Top plugin <= 1.3.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2024-33945 WordPress Countdown & Clock plugin <= 3.0.8 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2024-08525 Read more By Adam <= 1.1.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Read More Button Deletion CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-2017 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-2017 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pcmg-m577-c53m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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