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CVE-2026-89274: WP Recipe Maker · Code Injection

Affects WP Recipe MakerSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.1 Critical.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 22:58 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.1Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 52% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    Public exploit code: GitHub proofs of concept

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), GitHub proofs of concept, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
brechtvdsWP Recipe MakerAffected
  • <=10.8.1
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Users should monitor the vendor's advisory for updates. Until a fix is available, site administrators should carefully control comment approval processes to prevent malicious shortcode injection via comments. Disabling or restricting shortcode execution in metadata rendering may also mitigate risk.

Description

The WP Recipe Maker WordPress plugin up to version 10.8.1 contains a critical vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary registered WordPress shortcodes server-side. This occurs because the plugin executes shortcodes embedded in user-supplied comment content without proper sanitization before rendering recipe pages. Exploitation requires the attacker's comment to be approved, after which malicious shortcode output can be embedded in the page metadata and disclosed to visitors.

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