Recipe Maker <= 10.8.1 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
CVE-2026-86601Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤10.8.1Update to 10.8.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- 0.3% chance in 30 days23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
WP Recipe Maker wp-recipe-maker
- Affected≤ 10.8.1
- Patched in10.8.2
Update to 10.8.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 10.8.1. Version 10.8.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP Recipe Maker.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 10.8.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP Recipe Maker to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Jakub Herman.
The Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Shortcode Execution in all versions up to, and including, 10.8.1. This is due to the use of do_shortcode() on user supplied input. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site. The impact depends on which shortcodes the site has registered, so a site running a plugin whose shortcodes expose data or perform actions is affected more severely.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 29| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤10.9.1Update to 10.9.2 | CVE-2026-119489 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Information Exposure ≤10.9.1Update to 10.9.2 | CVE-2026-122060 | |
| Medium4.3 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure ≤10.8.1Update to 10.8.2 | CVE-2026-86603 | |
| Medium4.3 | 10.8.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure 10.3.0 – 10.8.1Update to 10.8.2 | CVE-2026-86602 | |
| Medium5.3 | 10.8.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Meta Corruption 9.8.0 – 10.8.1Update to 10.8.2 | CVE-2026-86608 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤10.9.1Update to 10.9.2
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure
≤10.9.1Update to 10.9.2
- Medium4.3Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure
≤10.8.1Update to 10.8.2
- Medium4.310.8.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure
10.3.0 – 10.8.1Update to 10.8.2
- Medium5.310.8.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Meta Corruption
9.8.0 – 10.8.1Update to 10.8.2
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST.org.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.