Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Jun 6, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-2017
CVE-2024-2017
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.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:edmonsoft:countdown_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <2.7.8.1
- Range: <=2.7.8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3096150/nvdPatch
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3097588/nvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d8fab229-cd6b-45a3-9e80-a03a1704ad3envdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/countdown-builder/trunk/classes/Ajax.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/countdown-builder/trunk/classes/Ajax.phpnvdProduct
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