Description

The Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.9.1 via the createCdObj function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute files with the specific filenames on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in some cases.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-2270

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: adamskaat

Product: Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.2% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 42.97% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-20 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2270
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2260d6b-1a41-4757-a063-8b8857ef416a?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/countdown-builder/trunk/classes/RegisterPostType.php#L116

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