CVE-2026-86602: CWE-200 Information Exposure in WP Recipe Maker
The WP Recipe Maker WordPress plugin before 10.8.2 does not perform any capability check in one of its AJAX actions, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to read the full content of unpublished recipes.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-86602 is an information exposure vulnerability in the WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress. Versions from 10.3.0 up to but not including 10.8.2 do not perform capability checks in one of their AJAX actions. This flaw permits any authenticated user, regardless of their role, to read unpublished recipe content that should normally be restricted.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized disclosure of unpublished recipe content to any authenticated user, including those with minimal privileges. This could lead to unintended exposure of sensitive or proprietary recipe information.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the WP Recipe Maker plugin to version 10.8.2 or later, where this issue has been fixed. There is no indication of alternative mitigations or temporary fixes. Patch status is confirmed by the version range affected and fixed version.
CVE-2026-86602: CWE-200 Information Exposure in WP Recipe Maker
Description
The WP Recipe Maker WordPress plugin before 10.8.2 does not perform any capability check in one of its AJAX actions, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to read the full content of unpublished recipes.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
WP Recipe Maker
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-86602 is an information exposure vulnerability in the WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress. Versions from 10.3.0 up to but not including 10.8.2 do not perform capability checks in one of their AJAX actions. This flaw permits any authenticated user, regardless of their role, to read unpublished recipe content that should normally be restricted.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized disclosure of unpublished recipe content to any authenticated user, including those with minimal privileges. This could lead to unintended exposure of sensitive or proprietary recipe information.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the WP Recipe Maker plugin to version 10.8.2 or later, where this issue has been fixed. There is no indication of alternative mitigations or temporary fixes. Patch status is confirmed by the version range affected and fixed version.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-08T08:38:31.554Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ab36d42f7a7c541065abcb0
Added to database: 09/23/2026, 06:10:10 UTC
Last enriched: 09/23/2026, 06:19:06 UTC
Last updated: 09/24/2026, 01:57:05 UTC
Views: 7
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