{"id":"CVE-2026-16495","published":"2026-10-14T04:18:18.150","lastModified":"2026-10-14T15:17:19.290","description":"The Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'redirect_url' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1 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.","cvssScore":6.4,"cvssSeverity":"MEDIUM","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","cwes":["CWE-79"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-countdown/tags/3.0.1/includes/legacy/front_end.php#L169","tags":[]},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7d757080-d2dc-49f9-bdc6-dba762a8f981?source=cve","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":null}