5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-37308
"WordPress Cooked Pro Recipe Plugin Persistent XSS Vulnerability"
Description

The Cooked Pro recipe plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the `_recipe_settings[post_title]` parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.7.15.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses a compromised page. A patch is available at commit 8cf88f334ccbf11134080bbb655c66f1cfe77026 and will be part of version 1.8.0.

INFO

Published Date :

June 13, 2024, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 11, 2025, 8:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-37308 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Boxystudio cooked
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-37308.

URL Resource
https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/commit/8cf88f334ccbf11134080bbb655c66f1cfe77026 Patch
https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/security/advisories/GHSA-9vfv-c966-jwrv Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/commit/8cf88f334ccbf11134080bbb655c66f1cfe77026 Patch
https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/security/advisories/GHSA-9vfv-c966-jwrv Exploit Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-37308 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 11, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:boxystudio:cooked:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.8.0
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/commit/8cf88f334ccbf11134080bbb655c66f1cfe77026 No Types Assigned https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/commit/8cf88f334ccbf11134080bbb655c66f1cfe77026 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/commit/8cf88f334ccbf11134080bbb655c66f1cfe77026 No Types Assigned https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/commit/8cf88f334ccbf11134080bbb655c66f1cfe77026 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/security/advisories/GHSA-9vfv-c966-jwrv No Types Assigned https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/security/advisories/GHSA-9vfv-c966-jwrv Exploit, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/security/advisories/GHSA-9vfv-c966-jwrv No Types Assigned https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/security/advisories/GHSA-9vfv-c966-jwrv Exploit, Vendor Advisory
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/commit/8cf88f334ccbf11134080bbb655c66f1cfe77026
    Added Reference https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/security/advisories/GHSA-9vfv-c966-jwrv
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 13, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Cooked Pro recipe plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the `_recipe_settings[post_title]` parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.7.15.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses a compromised page. A patch is available at commit 8cf88f334ccbf11134080bbb655c66f1cfe77026 and will be part of version 1.8.0.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/security/advisories/GHSA-9vfv-c966-jwrv [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/XjSv/Cooked/commit/8cf88f334ccbf11134080bbb655c66f1cfe77026 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-79
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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