# CVE-2026-15099: WP Delicious <= 1.10.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'steps' Block Attribute

> Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via recipe steps, leading to code execution or account takeover when victims interact with the content.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 16 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pqvj-2p97-rfr5

## What is CVE-2026-15099?

CVE-2026-15099 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpdelicious WP Delicious – Recipe Plugin for Food Bloggers (formerly Delicious Recipes), published on 16 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Delicious Recipes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'steps' block attribute in versions up to, and including, 1.10.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the wrap_direction_text() function, which interpolates the user-supplied href value from nested link nodes ($node['props']['href']) directly into an anchor tag via sprintf() at line 1627 without esc_url() or any URL scheme validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts (including javascript: URIs) in pages that will execute whenever a user (such as an editor or administrator previewing the pending post) accesses an injected page and clicks the malicious link.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-15099?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-15099?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-15099 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-15099 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-15099 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-15099 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-15099 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpdelicious WP Delicious – Recipe Plugin for Food Bloggers (formerly Delicious Recipes), published on 16 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-15099 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wpdelicious WP Delicious – Recipe Plugin for Food Bloggers (formerly Delicious Recipes). 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-2026-15099/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15099/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15099
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15099
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-15099

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15099/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.