What is CVE-2026-86601?

CVE-2026-86601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Recipe Maker, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2026-86601?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Wp Recipe Maker

CVE-2026-86601

The WP Recipe Maker WordPress plugin before 10.8.2 does not remove shortcodes from comment content before expanding it while building a page's structured metadata, allowing unauthenticated users to have arbitrary shortcodes executed server side and to read the content of unpublished recipes.

Published 2026-09-23 · last modified 2026-09-23.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Wp Recipe Maker

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/be6b1fb1-222d-4563-8a19-41bed1960001/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-86601?: CVE-2026-86601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Recipe Maker, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-86601?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.