CVE-2024-10669 Countdown Timer block – Display the event's date into a timer. <= 1.2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Disclosure
Authenticated contributors can access private, password-protected, or draft posts via the Countdown Timer plugin shortcode.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-10669?
CVE-2024-10669 is a medium-severity vulnerability in bplugins Countdown Timer Block – Animated Countdown for Events or Launches, published on 9 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Countdown Timer block – Display the event's date into a timer. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.4 via the [ctb] shortcode due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be included. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract data from password protected, private, or draft posts that they should not have access to.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10669?
How do I fix CVE-2024-10669?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10669 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-10669 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10669 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-464m-5p33-6r6m.