CVE-2024-39682

WordPress Cooked Plugin - Authenticated (Contributor+) HTML Injection via Recipe Excerpt

MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: July 17, 2024 at 11:47 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsCookedCooked

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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Cooked is a recipe plugin for WordPress. The Cooked plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to HTML Injection in versions up to, and including, 1.7.15.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary HTML in pages that will be shown whenever a user accesses a compromised page. This issue has been addressed in release version 1.8.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Cooked· Boxystudiowordpress-plugin
95%
v < 1.8.0
Affected range stops below 1.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Cooked· Xjsvwordpress-plugin
60%
v < 1.8.0u003c.1.8.0
Affected range stops below 1.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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References (1)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-116CWE-79

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