CVE-2023-0171 - jQuery T(-) Countdown Widget < 2.3.24 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

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MEDIUM

jQuery T(-) Countdown Widget < 2.3.24 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Published Feb 6, 2023

5.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.56%

Description

The jQuery T(-) Countdown Widget WordPress plugin before 2.3.24 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product jQuery T(-) Countdown Widget Default
unaffected
- Version
  0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <2.3.24

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

jQuery T(-) Countdown Widget

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
0	affected	<2.3.24

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/32324655-ff91-4a53-a2c5-ebe6678d4a9d
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/32324655-ff91-4a53-a2c5-ebe6678d4a9d		exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner WPScan

Published Feb 6, 2023

Updated Mar 25, 2025

Reserved Jan 11, 2023

Link CVE-2023-0171

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Mar 25, 2025

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2023-0171

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2023-0171