Description
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.
Published: 2026-10-16
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Cooked <= 1.16.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via [cooked-timer] Shortcode Content
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-16T03:38:39.787Z

Reserved: 2026-08-21T14:51:38.267Z

Link: CVE-2026-77829

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-16T04:18:38.197

Modified: 2026-10-16T04:18:38.197

Link: CVE-2026-77829

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')