CVE-2024-32538 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-32538: WordPress Easy CountDowner plugin <= 1.0.8 - CSRF to XSS vulnerability

Vendor Joshua Eldridge

Product Easy CountDowner

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published April 17, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

6.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Joshua Eldridge Easy CountDowner allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Easy CountDowner: from n/a through 1.0.8.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Easy CountDowner versions up to 1.0.8 contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without the admin's knowledge. The vulnerability requires the admin to visit the attacker's page while authenticated.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform actions on the site (read data, modify settings, delete content) on behalf of a logged-in administrator.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Admins visiting untrusted links while logged in could unknowingly authorize changes to site settings or content.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must trick a logged-in site admin into visiting a malicious webpage; low-level user account required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

April 17, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32538 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2024-32538

CWE CWE-352

CVSS 6.5 / MEDIUM

Affected versions