CVE-2026-77829

Status: DeferredMedium (6.4)—

Severity6.4Medium · CVSS 3.1

Exploitation probability0.24 %higher than 15% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The Cooked – Recipe Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via [cooked-timer] Shortcode Content in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS

Base score: 6.4
Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.24 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 15
Score date: 10/21/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access60 %
Primary impactT1059.007 JavaScriptexecution55 %

Inferred by deterministic rules from the CVSS vector and CWE. Indicative only.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Vulnerability Scanning Restrict Web-Based Content Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Limit Access to Resource Over Network Filter Network Traffic

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Boxystudio — Cooked^AI

CWEs

CWE-79

References

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