Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-77829Cooked <= 1.16.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via [cooked-timer] Shortcode Content
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Cooked – Recipe Management from goratech. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Cooked – Recipe Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via [cooked-timer] Shortcode Content in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| goratech | Cooked – Recipe Management | 0 – through 1.16.1 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0592380d-fd78-48ed-a180-299fc20a41ee?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cooked/tags/1.16.0/includes/class.cooked-shortcodes.php#L159
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cooked/tags/1.16.0/includes/class.cooked-shortcodes.php#L155
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cooked/tags/1.16.0/includes/class.cooked-shortcodes.php#L128
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3729711%40cooked&new=3729711%40cooked