CVE-2025-47443 — Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown [widget-countdown] < 2.7.5

CVE	Vulnerability	Type	Severity	Affected	Fixed in	Published	Status
CVE-2025-47443	Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown [widget-countdown] < 2.7.5	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	Medium 6.5	< 2.7.5	2.7.5	2025-05-07	—

CVE-2025-47443

The Widget Countdown plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.7.4 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.

Source: Wordfence

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