CVE-2025-30841

WordPress Countdown & Clock plugin <=2.8.8 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability

9.9 Critical

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in adamskaat Countdown & Clock countdown-builder allows Remote Code Inclusion.This issue affects Countdown & Clock: from n/a through <= 2.8.8.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.78%Up 0.7 points since Apr 2, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.9

WordPress Countdown & Clock plugin <=2.8.8 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-30841
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-9484 9.9

Record: EUVD-2025-9484
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q3c3-9cvm-mvh9 9.9

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in...

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in adamskaat Countdown & Clock allows Remote Code Inclusion. This issue affects Countdown & Clock: from n/a through 2.8.8.

Record: GHSA-q3c3-9cvm-mvh9
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 9.9

Record: CVE-2025-30841
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

adamskaat countdown & clock

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-30841 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.9) in Adamskaat Countdown & Clock, published April 1, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.78%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.