XSS in Wpdevart Countdown Timer – Widget
CVE-2025-14555
The Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wpdevart_countdown' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.002 (9.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Wpdevart Countdown Timer – Widget — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-14555?
- CVE-2025-14555 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpdevart Countdown Timer – Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-01-10.
- How severe is CVE-2025-14555?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.