CVE-2024-2017
Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock <= 2.7.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.4 Medium
- Published
- Jun 6, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 29, 2024
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clockadamskaat |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d8fab229-cd6b-45a3-9e80-a03a1704ad3e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/countdown-builder/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L92
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/countdown-builder/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L51
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3097588/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3096150/
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