CVE-2021-24233 Cooked Pro < 1.7.5.6 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via reflected XSS in the Cooked Pro WordPress plugin, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-24233?
CVE-2021-24233 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Cooked Ppro, published on 22 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Cooked Pro WordPress plugin before 1.7.5.6 was affected by unauthenticated reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues, due to improper sanitisation of user input while being output back in pages as an arbitrary attribute.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24233?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Boxystudio Cooked.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24233?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24233 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2021-24233 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24233 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Cooked Ppro
- CVE-2022-3900 Cooked Pro < 1.7.5.7 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
- CVE-2023-44477 WordPress Cooked Plugin <= 1.7.13 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2024-39682 WordPress Cooked Plugin - Authenticated (Contributor+) HTML Injection via Recipe Excerpt
- CVE-2024-41816 WordPress Cooked Plugin Persistent Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
- CVE-2024-39680 WordPress Cooked Plugin - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Default Recipe Template Save
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f4qc-2xgh-fg63.