Counter Box – WordPress plugin for countdown, timer, counter <= 1.2 - SQL Injection

7.2
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVSS 7.2 (High)
Publicly Published July 8, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024

Description

The Counter Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based blind SQL Injection via the ‘s’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

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Vulnerability Details for Counter Box – Add Countdowns, Timers & Dynamic Counters to WordPress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug counter-box (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.2.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2
Patched Version
  • 1.2.1

Recent vulnerabilities in Counter Box – Add Countdowns, Timers & Dynamic Counters to WordPress

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Counter Box <= 2.0.13 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection via Import CVE-2026-12115 6.6 Duc Long June 16, 2026
2 Counter Box: Add Engaging Countdowns, Timers & Counters to Your WordPress Site <= 2.0.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2024-13901 4.4 Nguyen Khanh Hao February 28, 2025
3 Counter Box <= 2.0.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVE-2025-24715 4.3 Khang Duong January 24, 2025
4 Counter Box – WordPress plugin for countdown, timer, counter <= 1.2.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVE-2024-3481 4.3 Bob Matyas April 11, 2024
5 Multiple Wow-Company Plugins (Various Versions) -- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'page' parameter CVE-2023-2362 6.1 Erwan LR May 22, 2023
6 Counter Box <= 1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVE-2022-2245 8.8 Raad Haddad July 8, 2022
7 Counter Box <= 1.1.1 - Authenticated Local File Inclusion CVE-2022-29446 6.8 0xB9 May 16, 2022

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