CVE-2021-24634: Recipe Card Blocks < 2.8.3 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-09-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Recipe Card Blocks by WPZOOM WordPress plugin before 2.8.3 does not properly sanitise or escape some of the properties of the Recipe Card Block (such as ingredientsLayout, iconSet, steps, ingredients, recipeTitle, or settings), which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected products

WPZOOM Recipe Card Blocks for Gutenberg & Elementor: before 2.8.3 — fixed in 2.8.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WPZOOM Recipe Card Blocks for Gutenberg & Elementor 2.8.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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