PT-2022-19595 · Adam Skaat · Countdown & Clock

Re-Alter + 1 · Published 2022-05-06 · Updated 2022-05-16 · CVE-2022-29422

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adam Skaat's Countdown & Clock plugin versions prior to 2.3.3

Description The issue concerns Multiple Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities can be exploited via several vulnerable parameters, including &ycd-countdown-width, &ycd-progress-height, &ycd-progress-width, &ycd-button-margin-top, &ycd-button-margin-right, &ycd-button-margin-bottom, &ycd-button-margin-left, &ycd-circle-countdown-before-countdown, and &ycd-circle-countdown-after-countdown.

Recommendations For Adam Skaat's Countdown & Clock plugin versions prior to 2.3.3, update to version 2.3.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the plugin's settings page to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the vulnerable parameters in the plugin's configuration until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-29422

Affected Products

Countdown & Clock

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29422 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/countdown-builder/#developers · Note
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/countdown-builder/wordpress-countdown-clock-plugin-2-3-0-multiple-authenticated-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerabilities · Note