Countdown & Clock <= 2.8.8 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution
CVE-2025-30841Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.8.8Update to 2.8.9 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock countdown-builder
- Affected≤ 2.8.8
- Patched in2.8.9
Update to 2.8.9 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.8.8. Version 2.8.9 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.8.9, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to astra.r3verii.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock
All 10| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High8.1 | Unauthenticated Limited Local File Inclusion ≤2.8.9.1Update to 2.9.0 | CVE-2025-2270 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.9.3No patch available | CVE-2024-50516 | |
| Medium5.4 | Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection ≤2.7.8Update to 2.7.8.1 | CVE-2024-2017 | |
| Medium5.5 | Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.3.9.5Update to 2.3.9.6 | — | |
| Low3.8 | Pro Features Lock Bypass ≤2.3.2Update to 2.3.3 | CVE-2022-29423 |
- High8.1Unauthenticated Limited Local File Inclusion
≤2.8.9.1Update to 2.9.0
- Medium4.4Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.9.3No patch available
- Medium5.4Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
≤2.7.8Update to 2.7.8.1
- Medium5.5Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.3.9.5Update to 2.3.9.6
- Low3.8Pro Features Lock Bypass
≤2.3.2Update to 2.3.3
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.