CVE-2024-2017
Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock <= 2.7.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
CVSS Score
5.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-862 |
| Vendor | adamskaat |
| Product | countdown, coming soon, maintenance – countdown & clock |
| Published | Jun 6, 2024 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
adamskaat / Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock
0 ≤ 2.7.8
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d8fab229-cd6b-45a3-9e80-a03a1704ad3e?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/countdown-builder/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L92 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/countdown-builder/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L51 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3097588/ plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3096150/
Credits
Lucio Sá