WP Recipe Maker Plugin up to 10.8.1 on WordPress Rest Routes resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in WP Recipe Maker Plugin up to 10.8.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component Rest Routes. Performing a manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-86608. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in WP Recipe Maker Plugin up to 10.8.1. This affects an unknown code of the component Rest Routes. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Recipe Maker WordPress plugin before 10.8.2 does not have any authorisation check in one of its REST routes, nor does it bound what that route stores, allowing unauthenticated users to write unlimited data into any user's metadata and to permanently prevent that account, including an administrator's, from loading.

The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-86608 since 09/08/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 10.8.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WP Recipe Maker Plugin 10.8.2

Timelineinfo

09/08/2026 CVE reserved
09/23/2026 +15 days Advisory disclosed
09/23/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/23/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-86608 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-86608
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-408825

Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2026 08:24
Changes: 09/23/2026 08:24 (55)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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