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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-13864
CVE-2024-13864:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Countdown Timer WordPress plugin through version 1.0 contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered by Hassan Khan Yusufzai (Splint3r7) and was publicly disclosed on February 18, 2025 (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists because the plugin fails to properly sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page. This vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2024-13864 and has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.1 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could be exploited against high-privilege users such as administrators, potentially allowing attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of the victim's browser session (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, there is no known fix available for this vulnerability (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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