XSS in Boxystudio Cooked
CVE-2024-41816
Cooked is a recipe plugin for WordPress. The Cooked plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the ‘[cooked-timer]’ shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.8.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses a compromised page. This issue has been addressed in release version 1.8.1. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Boxystudio Cooked
- Xjsv Cooked — versions < 1.8.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/XjSv/Cooked/security/advisories/GHSA-3gw3-2qjq-xqjj (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/XjSv/Cooked/commit/ac7455bdccc99fb2f5b3c7611312947c1623c3ec (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-41816?
- CVE-2024-41816 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Boxystudio Cooked, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-08-05.
- How severe is CVE-2024-41816?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-41816 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.