vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: countdown-builder: CVE-2022-0601: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Feb 21, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026

Description

The Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance WordPress plugin before 2.2.9 does not sanitize and escape the post parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

Solution

countdown-builder-plugin-cve-2022-0601
Title
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