Countdown Block: A security weakness
Countdown Block is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Countdown Block
- Plugin slug
countdown-block- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 27, 2021
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Sep 27, 2021 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Countdown Block to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Countdown Block WordPress plugin before 1.1.2 does not have authorisation in the eb_write_block_css AJAX action, which allows any authenticated user, such as Subscriber, to modify post contents displayed to users.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N