PT-2024-32840 · WordPress · Jquery T(-) Countdown Widget

Krzysztof Zając · Published 2024-05-22 · Updated 2024-10-14 · CVE-2024-4783

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 jQuery T(-) Countdown Widget plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.3.25

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's tminus shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. 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 For versions up to, and including, 2.3.25, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the tminus shortcode to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-4783

Affected Products

Jquery T(-) Countdown Widget

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4783 · Security Note
• https://t.me/pentestingnews/52299 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/80807 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1793516217900081260 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-t-countdown-widget/trunk/countdown-timer.php#L768 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/78eeef12-123b-42f6-b446-c3f2d43153fd?source=cve · Note