CVE-2024-37308 WordPress Cooked Plugin - Authenticated (Contributor+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Medium 5.4 Published 13 Jun 2024 Updated 2 Aug 2024

Authenticated contributors can inject persistent scripts via recipe settings, allowing arbitrary code execution when pages are viewed.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-37308?

CVE-2024-37308 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in XjSv Cooked, published on 13 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37308?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Boxystudio Cooked.

How do I fix CVE-2024-37308?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37308 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-2024-37308 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37308 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9vfv-c966-jwrv.