Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock: Filesystem traversal
Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock is affected by filesystem traversal. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A crafted path can escape the intended directory and reach files or directories elsewhere on the server.
- Component
- Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock
- Plugin slug
countdown-builder- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 04, 2025
This CVE was published Apr 04, 2025 and is one of 8 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock 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, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.9.1 via the createCdObj function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute files with the specific filenames on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in some cases.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H