CSRF in Boxystudio Cooked

CVE-2024-39678

Cooked is a recipe plugin for WordPress. The Cooked plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in versions up to, and including, 1.7.15.4 due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the AJAX action handler. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to trick users into performing an action they didn't intend to perform under their current authentication. This issue has been addressed in release version 1.8.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.003 (26.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-39678?
CVE-2024-39678 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Boxystudio Cooked, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-07-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-39678?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-39678 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.