WordPress Countdown & Clock plugin <= 2.3.2 - Multiple Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities

Description

Multiple Authenticated (admin+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adam Skaat's Countdown & Clock plugin <= 2.3.2 at WordPress via &ycd-countdown-width, &ycd-progress-height, &ycd-progress-width, &ycd-button-margin-top, &ycd-button-margin-right, &ycd-button-margin-bottom, &ycd-button-margin-left, &ycd-circle-countdown-before-countdown, &ycd-circle-countdown-after-countdown vulnerable parameters.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.

Weakness

• CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Adam Skaat · Countdown & Clock (WordPress plugin)

  • affected <= 2.3.2 – ≤ 2.3.2

References (2)

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/countdown-builder/#developers (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/countdown-builder/wordpress-countdown-clock-plugin-2-3-0-multiple-authenticated-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2022-29422](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2022-29422.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-29422)

Record last updated 28 Apr 2026, 16:07 UTC.