CVE-2022-29422 — Multiple Authenticated (admin+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabil

Multiple Authenticated (admin+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adam Skaat's Countdown & Clock plugin <= 2.3.2 at WordPress via &ycd-countdown-width, &ycd-progress-height, &ycd-progress-width, &ycd-button-margin-top, &ycd-b

01What is this vulnerability?

Multiple Authenticated (admin+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adam Skaat's Countdown & Clock plugin <= 2.3.2 at WordPress via &ycd-countdown-width, &ycd-progress-height, &ycd-progress-width, &ycd-button-margin-top, &ycd-button-margin-right, &ycd-button-margin-bottom, &ycd-button-margin-left, &ycd-circle-countdown-before-countdown, &ycd-circle-countdown-after-countdown…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adam Skaat	Countdown & Clock (WordPress plugin)	<= 2.3.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-05-06T17:37:28.491Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-20T20:23:18.289Z

09References

• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/countdown-builder/#developers
• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/countdown-builder/wordpress-countd…