Vulnerability · Published Jul 17, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-39682WordPress Cooked Plugin - Authenticated (Contributor+) HTML Injection via Recipe Excerpt

Medium 6.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Cooked from XjSv. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 69.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
XjSv	Cooked	< 1.8.0

Weakness: CWE-116 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/security/advisories/GHSA-fx69-f77x-84gr x_refsource_CONFIRM