WordPress plugin · countdown-builder
Is Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance safe?
A flaw affects the current version.
The newest release on wordpress.org, 3.0.8, is inside the affected range of CVE-2024-50516, so there may be no fix yet. Check the changelog; if it doesn’t mention the fix, deactivate it until it does.
- Flaws on record
- 9
- High or critical
- 2
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 3.0.8
- Last updated
- Feb 8, 2026
- Active installs
- 10,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Apr 4, 2025Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock: Local File InclusionCVE-2025-2270 · affects up to 2.8.9.1 · reported by Wordfence1.3% oddsHigh 8.1
- Apr 1, 2025Countdown & Clock: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')CVE-2025-30841 · affects up to 2.8.8 · reported by PatchstackCritical 9.9
- Nov 19, 2024Countdown & Clock: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2024-50516 · affects up to 3.0.8 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.9
- Jun 5, 2024Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock: Unauthorized accessCVE-2024-2017 · affects up to 2.7.8 · reported by WordfenceMedium 5.4
- May 6, 2022Pro Features Lock Bypass vulnerability in Countdown & Clock plugin <= 2.3.2 at WordPress.CVE-2022-29423 · affects up to 2.3.2 · reported by Patchstack1.1% oddsLow 3.8
- May 6, 2022Multiple Authenticated (admin+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adam Skaat's Countdown & Clock plugin <= 2.3.2 at WordPress via &ycd-coCVE-2022-29422 · affects up to 2.3.2 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.8
- May 6, 2022Adam Skaat's Countdown & Clock plugin on: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)CVE-2022-29421 · affects up to 2.3.2 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.7
- May 6, 2022Countdown & Clock (WordPress plugin): Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2022-29420 · affects up to 2.3.2 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.9
- Mar 14, 2022Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance: Does not sanitize and escape the post parameter before outputting it back in an admin pageCVE-2022-0601 · fixed in 2.2.9 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.1
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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