Stored cross-site scripting in Cooked plugin for WordPress
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Cooked plugin (Recipe Management) for WordPress is affected in all versions up to and including 1.16.1. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the [cooked-timer] shortcode content allows stored cross-site scripting (CWE-79). An authenticated attacker with Contributor access or higher can inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that run whenever a user opens an injected page.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Cooked – Recipe Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via [cooked-timer] Shortcode Content in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.1 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Cooked (Recipe Management).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-77829
- 2026-10-16 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-8442-fc74-434q
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0592380d-fd78-48ed-a180-299fc20a41ee?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cooked/tags/1.16.0/includes/class.cooked-shortcodes.php#L159
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cooked/tags/1.16.0/includes/class.cooked-shortcodes.php#L155
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cooked/tags/1.16.0/includes/class.cooked-shortcodes.php#L128
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3729711%40cooked&new=3729711%40cooked
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- TI-2026-51989 WordPress Cooked plugin <= 1.16.0 - Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-77829 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-77829 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8442-fc74-434q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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