CVE-2025-14555

MEDIUM

Countdown Timer - Widget Countdown <= 2.7.7 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpdevart_countdown Shortcode

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (5)

Core 5

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 9.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
wpdevart/Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown < 2.7.7
Published Jan 10, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026