CVE-2024-2017

Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock <= 2.7.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection

MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: June 6, 2024 at 02:38 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:23 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsCountdown BuilderCountdown Builder

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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the conditionsRow and switchCountdown functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject PHP Objects and modify the status of countdowns.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.7.8.1
Affected range stops below 2.7.8.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≤ 2.7.8

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.4MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862

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