Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Cooked Recipe Management Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-77829

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Cooked – Recipe Management
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 October 2026

What is CVE-2026-77829?

The Cooked – Recipe Management plugin for WordPress exhibits a vulnerability that allows for Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the [cooked-timer] shortcode. This weakness, present in all versions up to and including 1.16.1, stems from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this flaw to inject malicious scripts. Such scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the affected pages, potentially compromising user data and web application integrity.

Affected Version(s)

Cooked – Recipe Management 0 <= 1.16.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cooked/tags/1....
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cooked/tags/1....

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Wordfence PRISM
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