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CVE-2022-4954: Waiting: One-click countdowns <= 0.6.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-10-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

• pluginbuilders Waiting: One-click countdowns: through 0.6.2

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/waiting/trunk/waiting.php?rev=2826039
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ef5b0de-0b8b-4286-86ea-6dca0dbc1a52?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/waiting/trunk/waiting.php?rev=2826039
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ef5b0de-0b8b-4286-86ea-6dca0dbc1a52?source=cve

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