CVE-2026-86601

WP Recipe Maker < 10.8.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Comment Content

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 23, 2026 at 10:11 AM UTC
Updated: September 23, 2026 at 06:30 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWp Recipe Maker

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The WP Recipe Maker WordPress plugin before 10.8.2 does not remove shortcodes from comment content before expanding it while building a page's structured metadata, allowing unauthenticated users to have arbitrary shortcodes executed server side and to read the content of unpublished recipes.

Affected

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

v < 10.8.2
Affected range stops below 10.8.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6.5MEDIUMWPScan
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-74

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