The Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to execute code on the server.
CVE-2025-30841 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Remote Code Execution issue affecting the Plugin Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock. It affects Versions up to 2.8.8 and is fixed in 2.8.9.
CVE-2025-30841 is tracked for the Plugin Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is Versions up to 2.8.8. Update Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock to 2.8.9 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
countdown-builder
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2025-30841 |
| Patched Versions |
2.8.9
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 2.8.8
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Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock <= 2.8.9.1 - Unauthenticated Limited Local File Inclusion
Countdown & Clock <= 2.3.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Countdown & Clock <= 2.2.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Countdown & Clock <= 2.3.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock <= 2.7.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock <= 2.3.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock <= 2.9.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Countdown & Clock <= 2.3.2 - Pro Features Lock Bypass
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