The Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'redirect_url' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000
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| Description | The Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'redirect_url' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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. | |
| Title | Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown <= 3.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'redirect_url' Shortcode Attribute | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
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Updated: 2026-10-14T03:40:00.612Z
Reserved: 2026-07-21T16:50:15.063Z
Link: CVE-2026-16495
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-14T04:18:18.150
Modified: 2026-10-14T04:18:18.150
Link: CVE-2026-16495
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