CVE-2026-77829
Cooked <= 1.16.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via [cooked-timer] Shortcode Content
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- Oct 16, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 21, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Cooked – Recipe Managementgoratech |
|
References
- 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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