Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 24, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-8667

Description

The HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized post publication due to a missing capability check on the activateCampaign() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to publish arbitrary posts like ones they have submitted for review, or a site administrator has in draft.

Patches

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Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hurrytimer/trunk/includes/Admin.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3173213/hurrytimer/trunk/includes/Admin.phpnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7a8eda88-c45a-4867-b427-d63b586e6de3nvd

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