Description
The Waiting: One-click countdowns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Countdown name in versions up to, and including, 0.6.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Published: 2023-10-20
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-52207 The Waiting: One-click countdowns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Countdown name in versions up to, and including, 0.6.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Waiting: One-click countdowns <= 0.6.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Cross-Site Scripting

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:44:32.706Z

Reserved: 2023-07-28T20:14:35.561Z

Link: CVE-2022-4954

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:55:46.083Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-20T07:15:15.103

Modified: 2026-04-08T17:16:47.947

Link: CVE-2022-4954

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No data.

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Weaknesses