Countdown Timer - Widget Countdown <= 2.7.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- 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-79.
Summary
The Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wpdevart_countdown' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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-2025-14555
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-32fr-wvmv-2x73
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ee84c720-7997-4c09-a2f9-5e1a28bd1100?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-countdown/trunk/includes/front_end.php#L167
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-countdown/trunk/includes/front_end.php#L48
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-countdown/trunk/includes/front_end.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3425959/
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Sources
- CVE-2025-14555 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14555 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-32fr-wvmv-2x73 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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