Tasty Recipes Lite lets contributors change taxonomy terms
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Tasty Recipes Lite WordPress plugin, versions from 1.2 before 1.2.11, does not check user capabilities when creating, renaming and deleting taxonomy terms (CWE-862). A user with at least the Contributor role can add, rename and permanently delete terms in any taxonomy, including categories, tags and navigation menus. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Tasty Recipes Lite WordPress plugin before 1.2.11 does not correctly check user capabilities when creating, renaming and deleting taxonomy terms, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to add, rename and permanently delete terms in any taxonomy on the site, including categories, tags and navigation menus.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Tasty Recipes Lite | 1.2 to before 1.2.11 | 1.2.11 | Patch available | CNA |
- Tasty Recipes Lite VendorUnknown Affected 1.2 to before 1.2.11 Fixed in 1.2.11 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Tasty Recipes Lite to version 1.2.11, which fixes the issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA Tasty Recipes Lite (Unknown) Fixed in 1.2.11
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-110026
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-38jf-fw6r-5vcj
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-110026 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-110026 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-38jf-fw6r-5vcj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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