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

medium Affects cooked (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.3, updated 2026-10-29; published 2024-08-05; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

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

Package: cooked (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <1.8.1
Fixed in: 1.8.1
Severity: medium CVSS 5.4
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (32.0th percentile)
Published: 2024-08-05
Source: nvd

References

CWE-79

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