vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: countdown-time: CVE-2024-10669: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Nov 8, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 8, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The Countdown Timer block – Display the event's date into a timer. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.4 via the [ctb] shortcode due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be included. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract data from password protected, private, or draft posts that they should not have access to.
Solution
countdown-time-plugin-cve-2024-10669
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10669
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/24ccc2cb-3c5d-48cd-bc40-2717145b4912?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-33236
- CVE-2024-10669
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-10669
- CWE-639
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-33236
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