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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2026-16495 EUVD-2026-100788GHSA-c8vg-gvp3-9c47

Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown <= 3.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'redirect_url' Shortcode Attribute

Published Oct 14, 2026 · Updated Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
wpdevart Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown 3.0.0 – ≤ 3.0.1 —

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