CVE-2025-62989 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-62989: WordPress Cooked plugin <= 1.11.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Gora Tech

Product Cooked

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published December 31, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Gora Tech Cooked cooked allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Cooked: from n/a through <= 1.11.3.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Cooked versions up to 1.11.3 contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows high-privilege users to inject malicious scripts. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the scope beyond the vulnerable component. An attacker with administrative or editor-level access can craft a payload that executes in other users' browsers, potentially compromising site security.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they interact with affected pages.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Site admins or editors with high privileges could be tricked into executing scripts that compromise other user accounts or site data.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

High-level privileges (admin or editor role) and the victim must click a link or visit a page containing the payload.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 31, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62989 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

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