Resource exhaustion in Wp Recipe Maker
CVE-2026-86608
The WP Recipe Maker WordPress plugin before 10.8.2 does not have any authorisation check in one of its REST routes, nor does it bound what that route stores, allowing unauthenticated users to write unlimited data into any user's metadata and to permanently prevent that account, including an administrator's, from loading.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (19.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 19.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Wp Recipe Maker
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/d7f0f9dd-4180-4210-9c48-dae67e8f5d8e/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-86608?
- CVE-2026-86608 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wp Recipe Maker, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2026-09-23.
- How severe is CVE-2026-86608?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.