CVE-2022-4954

Summary

CVE-2022-4954 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Waiting: One-click countdowns plugin for WordPress. Versions up to 0.6.2 of this plugin are vulnerable due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Countdown name field. An authenticated attacker with administrator-level permissions can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary web scripts. These scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, posing a significant security risk.

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