CVE-2024-2017 (GCVE-0-2024-2017)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-06-06 02:38
Modified
2026-04-08 17:26
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adamskaat | Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock |
Version: 0 ≤ 2.7.8 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
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