---
id: CVE-2026-86601
title: >-
  The WP Recipe Maker WordPress plugin before 10.8.2 does not remove shortcodes
  from comment content before expanding it while building a page's structured
  metadata, allowing unauthenticated users to have arbitrary shortcodes executed
  serv…
summary: >-
  The WP Recipe Maker WordPress plugin before 10.8.2 does not remove shortcodes
  from comment content before expanding it while building a page's structured
  metadata, allowing unauthenticated users to have arbitrary shortcodes executed
  serv…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-74
product: WP Recipe Maker
affected:
  - wp_recipe_maker < 10.8.2
published: '2026-09-23'
updated: '2026-09-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-23T18:13:31.210'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86601'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/be6b1fb1-222d-4563-8a19-41bed1960001/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-23T10:35:42.790665Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-23T10:21:54.379Z'
epss: 0.00183
epssPercentile: 0.06959
---

## Overview

The WP Recipe Maker WordPress plugin before 10.8.2 does not remove shortcodes from comment content before expanding it while building a page's structured metadata, allowing unauthenticated users to have arbitrary shortcodes executed server side and to read the content of unpublished recipes.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.