Countdown Timer block – Display the event's date into a timer. <= 1.2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Disclosure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
The Countdown Timer block – Display the event's date into a timer. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.4 via the [ctb] shortcode due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be included. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract data from password protected, private, or draft posts that they should not have access to.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-10669
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-464m-5p33-6r6m
References
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Sources
- CVE-2024-10669 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-10669 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-464m-5p33-6r6m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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