CVE-2024-41816

WordPress Cooked Plugin Persistent Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

MEDIUM

5.4

CVSS Score

Published: August 5, 2024 at 08:12 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:48 AM UTC

3 products affected across 3 vendorsCookedCookedCooked

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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 Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the ‘[cooked-timer]’ shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.8.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses a compromised page. This issue has been addressed in release version 1.8.1. All 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 < 1.8.1

Affected range stops below 1.8.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Cooked · Gora Techwordpress-plugin

60%

v < 1.8.1

Affected range stops below 1.8.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Cooked · Xjsvwordpress-plugin

60%

v < 1.8.1

Affected range stops below 1.8.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCPatch

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/commit/ac7455bdccc99fb2f5b3c7611312947c1623c3ec

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/security/advisories/GHSA-3gw3-2qjq-xqjj

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.4MEDIUMGitHub_M

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

Vector?

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StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-79

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