CVE-2026-16495: Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown <= 3.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'redirect_url' Shortcode Attribute
wpdevart · Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown
Affected: wpdevart Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 9% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
The Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'redirect_url' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1 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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- wpdevart · Countdown Timer – Widget Countdownfrom 3.0.0 up to and including 3.0.1
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Weakness
- Cross-site Scripting
- Vendor
- wpdevart
- Published
- October 2026
CoverageNo articles yet
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