Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock <= 2.7.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
Published Jun 6, 2024
5.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.32%
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.
Affected products
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- Version -StatusaffectedConstraints<=2.7.8
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adamskaat | Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock | unaffected |
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- < 2.7.8.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Jun 10, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2024–2026- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (7 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00317) | 22.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00317) | 23.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.15% (0.00150) | 32.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.10% (0.02101) | 73.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.11% (0.00112) | 27.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 23.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 6, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00068) | 29.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
References (5)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/countdown-builder/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L51 Product
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/countdown-builder/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L92 Product
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3096150/ Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3097588/ Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d8fab229-cd6b-45a3-9e80-a03a1704ad3e?source=cve Third Party Advisory
Change history (0)
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