CVE-2024-10631 Countdown Timer <= 1.0.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via block options in the Countdown Timer plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks on WordPress sites.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-10631?
CVE-2024-10631 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Countdown Timer for WordPress Block Editor, published on 15 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Countdown Timer for WordPress Block Editor WordPress plugin through 1.0.5 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10631?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Flickdevs Countdown Timer for Wordpress Block Editor.
How do I fix CVE-2024-10631?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10631 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-10631 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-10631 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-57rv-fpf7-pch9.