CVE-2024-12589 Cross-site scripting in Finale Lite – Sales Countdown Timer & Discount for WooCommerce

Medium 6.4 Published 12 Mar 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the countdown timer, leading to code execution when users view the page.

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-2024-12589?

CVE-2024-12589 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in djeet Finale Lite – Sales Countdown Timer & Discount for WooCommerce, published on 12 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Finale Lite – Sales Countdown Timer & Discount for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the countdown timer in all versions up to, and including, 2.19.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12589?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Xlplugins Finale.

How do I fix CVE-2024-12589?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12589 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-2024-12589 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12589 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cp3x-cf84-9p65.