# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Apr 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f4qc-2xgh-fg63

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24233?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3900/): Cooked Pro < 1.7.5.7 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-44477](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44477/): WordPress Cooked Plugin <= 1.7.13 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-39682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39682/): WordPress Cooked Plugin - Authenticated (Contributor+) HTML Injection via Recipe Excerpt (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-41816](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41816/): WordPress Cooked Plugin Persistent Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-39680](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39680/): WordPress Cooked Plugin - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Default Recipe Template Save (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24233 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24233 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Cooked Ppro. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24233/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24233/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24233
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24233
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24233

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24233/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.