What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Finale Lite – Sales Countdown Timer & Discount for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the countdown timer in all versions up to, and including, 2.19.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
Finale Lite contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to 2.19.0. An authenticated user with low privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of other site visitors, potentially stealing session tokens or performing actions on their behalf. The vulnerability affects the entire site due to scope change.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers and steal their session data or perform actions as them.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Customers and admins visiting affected pages may have their sessions hijacked or be tricked into performing unwanted actions.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have a low-privilege account (e.g., customer or contributor role) on the WooCommerce site.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
March 12, 2025
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
