CVE-2024-2017 is an unauthorized access vulnerability affecting the Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock WordPress plugin, specifically versions up to and including 2.7.8. Due to a missing capability check, authenticated users with subscriber-level access or higher can inject PHP Objects and alter countdown statuses. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring low privileges, with potential for low impact on confidentiality and integrity. The attack vector is network-based. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.7.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:edmonsoft:countdown_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.