Vulnerability · Published Jun 6, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-2017Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock <= 2.7.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock from adamskaat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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 (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| adamskaat | Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock | 0 – through 2.7.8 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d8fab229-cd6b-45a3-9e80-a03a1704ad3e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/countdown-builder/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L92
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/countdown-builder/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L51
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3097588/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3096150/