Description
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.
Published: 2026-09-23
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title WP Recipe Maker 9.8.0 - 10.8.1 - Unauthenticated DoS via Unbounded User Meta Insertion
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-23T10:55:24.252Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T08:46:31.818Z

Link: CVE-2026-86608

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T10:41:16.188Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-23T06:17:04.030

Modified: 2026-09-23T11:17:14.570

Link: CVE-2026-86608

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption