HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce: Cross-site scripting
HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce is affected by cross-site scripting. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce
- Plugin slug
hurrytimer- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 14, 2025
This CVE was published Feb 14, 2025 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce 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 HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 2.11.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of a campaign name. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N