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Cool Plugins (Various Versions) — Arbitrary Plugin Installation and Activation

CVE-2022-4950Published · Updated

Action summary

Event Countdown for The Events Calendar: Affected: ≤1.3.1Update to 1.4 or newer

Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline): Affected: ≤2.3.3Update to 2.4 or newer

Cryptocurrency Donation Box – Bitcoin & Crypto Donations: Affected: ≤1.7Update to 1.8 or newer

Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List: Affected: ≤2.4Update to 2.5.1 or newer

Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar: Affected: ≤1.9.4Update to 2.0 or newer

Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor: Affected: <1.3Update to 1.3 or newer

The Events Calendar Events Notification Bar Addon: Affected: ≤1.1Update to 1.6 or newer

Events Search & Filter Bar for The Events Calendar: Affected: ≤1.1.3Update to 1.2 or newer

Event Single Page Builder For The Events Calendar: Affected: ≤1.5Update to 1.6 or newer

Events Widgets For Elementor And The Events Calendar: Affected: ≤1.4.2Update to 1.5 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
High8.8
CVSS
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

Event Countdown for The Events Calendar countdown-for-the-events-calendar

  1. Affected≤ 1.3.1
  2. Patched in1.4

Update to 1.4 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.3.1. Version 1.4 and later are not affected by this issue.

Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline) cool-timeline

  1. Affected≤ 2.3.3
  2. Patched in2.4

Update to 2.4 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 2.3.3. Version 2.4 and later are not affected by this issue.

Cryptocurrency Donation Box – Bitcoin & Crypto Donations cryptocurrency-donation-box

  1. Affected≤ 1.7
  2. Patched in1.8

Update to 1.8 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.7. Version 1.8 and later are not affected by this issue.

Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List cryptocurrency-price-ticker-widget

  1. Affected≤ 2.4
  2. Patched in2.5.1

Update to 2.5.1 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 2.4. Version 2.5.1 and later are not affected by this issue.

Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar template-events-calendar

  1. Affected≤ 1.9.4
  2. Patched in2.0

Update to 2.0 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.9.4. Version 2.0 and later are not affected by this issue.

Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor cryptocurrency-widgets-for-elementor

  1. Affected< 1.3
  2. Patched in1.3

Update to 1.3 or newer.

You are affected if you run < 1.3. Version 1.3 and later are not affected by this issue.

The Events Calendar Events Notification Bar Addon events-notification-bar-addon

  1. Affected≤ 1.1
  2. Patched in1.6

Update to 1.6 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.1. Version 1.6 and later are not affected by this issue.

Events Search & Filter Bar for The Events Calendar events-search-addon-for-the-events-calendar

  1. Affected≤ 1.1.3
  2. Patched in1.2

Update to 1.2 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.1.3. Version 1.2 and later are not affected by this issue.

Event Single Page Builder For The Events Calendar event-page-templates-addon-for-the-events-calendar

  1. Affected≤ 1.5
  2. Patched in1.6

Update to 1.6 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.5. Version 1.6 and later are not affected by this issue.

Events Widgets For Elementor And The Events Calendar events-widgets-for-elementor-and-the-events-calendar

  1. Affected≤ 1.4.2
  2. Patched in1.5

Update to 1.5 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.4.2. Version 1.5 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Event Countdown for The Events Calendar.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 1.4, or a newer patched version
  2. Update to version 2.4, or a newer patched version
  3. Update to version 1.8, or a newer patched version
  4. Update to version 2.5.1, or a newer patched version
  5. Update to version 2.0, or a newer patched version
  6. Update to version 1.3, or a newer patched version
  7. Update to version 1.6, or a newer patched version
  8. Update to version 1.2, or a newer patched version
  9. Update to version 1.6, or a newer patched version
  10. Update to version 1.5, or a newer patched version
  11. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  12. Watch Event Countdown for The Events Calendar to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Jerome Bruandet.

Several WordPress plugins developed by Cool Plugins are vulnerable to arbitrary plugin installation and activation that can lead to remote code execution by authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Event Countdown for The Events Calendar

All 3
More vulnerabilities in Event Countdown for The Events Calendar
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤1.4.15Update to 1.4.16
CVE-2025-69348
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.4.9Update to 1.4.10
CVE-2025-49311

Same weakness (Missing Authorization)

All Missing Authorization
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CVE-2026-120688
Critical9.8Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission
Chatterbug Forms – Fast, Flexible WordPress Form Builder≤1.0.2Update to 1.1
CVE-2026-125055
Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter
ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System≤3.3.9Update to 3.4.0
CVE-2026-119077
Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter
Customer Reviews for WooCommerce≤5.127.0Update to 5.128.0
CVE-2026-121518

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 8.8

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
[object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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