CVE-2022-0601
Countdown & Clock < 2.2.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance WordPress plugin before 2.2.9 does not sanitize and escape the post parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance WordPress plugin before 2.2.9 does not sanitize and escape the post parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
- Record
CVE-2022-0601- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Countdown & Clock < 2.2.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance WordPress plugin before 2.2.9 does not sanitize and escape the post parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
- Record
CVE-2022-0601- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-15706 No score
The Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance WordPress plugin before 2.2.9 does not sanitize and escape the post parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
- Record
EUVD-2022-15706- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pwvg-hxqm-4mh2
The Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance WordPress plugin before 2.2.9 does not sanitize and...
The Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance WordPress plugin before 2.2.9 does not sanitize and escape the post parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
- Record
GHSA-pwvg-hxqm-4mh2- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-0601 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Adamskaat Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock, published March 14, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.88%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.