Vulnerability · Published Jan 10, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-14555Countdown Timer - Widget Countdown <= 2.7.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Medium 6.4

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A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown from wpdevart. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
wpdevart	Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown	0 – through 2.7.7

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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