PT-2024-17234 · WordPress · Ims Countdown

Soprobro · Published 2024-12-14 · Updated 2024-12-18 · CVE-2024-11755

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IMS Countdown plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.3.4

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Countdown post settings due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows 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.

Recommendations Update to the latest version to mitigate risks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Countdown post settings to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-11755

Affected Products

Ims Countdown

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11755 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1869249868239118754 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1869249860156694909 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1867902785674530884 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ims-countdown/tags/1.3.6 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ims-countdown/trunk/shortcode/shortcode.php · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2de22728-4f67-406c-9db5-33cbba4c15eb?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1869249852309160016 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/104296 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1867908492532613430 · Twitter Post