CVE-2026-86601 WP Recipe Maker < 10.8.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Comment Content
Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary shortcodes and read unpublished recipe content via comment injection in WP Recipe Maker.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-86601?
CVE-2026-86601 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Unknown WP Recipe Maker, published on 23 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Recipe Maker WordPress plugin before 10.8.2 does not remove shortcodes from comment content before expanding it while building a page's structured metadata, allowing unauthenticated users to have arbitrary shortcodes executed server side and to read the content of unpublished recipes.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-86601?
How do I fix CVE-2026-86601?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-86601 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2026-86601 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-86601 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3g69-cj28-cp7q.