CVE-2024-39682: cooked Improper Encoding

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.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

6.4

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-116 CWE-116

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
boxystudio	cooked	< 1.8.0

References

Advisories & Patches

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

Exploits

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-39682? +

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. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-39682? +

CVE-2024-39682 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.4 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.

What products are affected by CVE-2024-39682? +

CVE-2024-39682 affects products from boxystudio, specifically: cooked. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2024-39682? +

You can use Secably's free Website Scanner to check your website for known vulnerabilities. For infrastructure scanning, use the Port Scanner to identify exposed services that may be affected. Check the vendor advisories linked above for specific patch and version information.

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