XjSv Cooked Pro Recipe Plugin up to 1.7.15.4 on WordPress _recipe_settings[post_title] cross site scripting

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in XjSv Cooked Pro Recipe Plugin up to 1.7.15.4 on WordPress. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation of the argument _recipe_settings[post_title] can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-37308. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in XjSv Cooked Pro Recipe Plugin up to 1.7.15.4 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument _recipe_settings[post_title] with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-37308 since 06/05/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 1.8.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 8cf88f334ccbf11134080bbb655c66f1cfe77026 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• XjSv

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• Cooked Pro Recipe Plugin

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• 1.7.15.0
• 1.7.15.1
• 1.7.15.2
• 1.7.15.3
• 1.7.15.4

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• open-source

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