CVE-2025-2270

Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock <= 2.8.9.1 - Unauthenticated Limited Local File Inclusion

The Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.9.1 via the createCdObj function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute files with the specific filenames on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in some cases.

We have discovered 34 live websites that are affected by CVE-2025-2270.

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Affected Software

Product  Countdown Builder
Category Wordpress Plugins
Vulnerable Domains34 live websites (4.80% of Countdown Builder install base)
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 2.8.9.1
Vulnerable Versions Count6 versions ( 11% of all versions)


Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')



Details

  • Published - Apr 4, 2025
  • Updated - Apr 8, 2026

Credits

  • Michael Mazzolini (finder)

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using CVE-2025-2270
United States10 websites


Germany6 websites
France4 websites
Spain3 websites
GB2 websites
Italy2 websites
Bulgaria1 websites
Switzerland1 websites
Nigeria1 websites
Netherlands1 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using CVE-2025-2270
.com10 websites
.de5 websites
.org5 websites
.eu3 websites
.it2 websites
.ch1 websites
.edu1 websites
.es1 websites
.fr1 websites
.nl1 websites

Vulnerable Versions

Vulnerable versions are highlighted in red

Websites affected by CVE-2025-2270

Top websites that are affected by CVE-2025-2270. Please click on the "Contact us" link to get more information.
DomainCountryRankContacts
********.***.ng Nigeria*,***,***
*******.sk Slovakia*,***,***
*********.com France**,***,***
*****************.it Italy**,***,***
***************.eu United States**,***,***
******.org Bulgaria**,***,***
*****************.nl Netherlands**,***,***
*******.****.eu France**,***,***
*******************.org United States**,***,***
*****.de Germany**,***,***
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FAQ

CVE-2025-2270 is Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Countdown Builder
A total of 34 websites have been identified as vulnerable to CVE-2025-2270, based on global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.
The Countdown Builder is affected by the CVE-2025-2270 vulnerability.
Countdown Builder versions up to and including 2.8.9.1 are vulnerable to CVE-2025-2270.