CVE-2023-6958: WP Recipe Maker <= 9.1.0 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 9.1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

brechtvds WP Recipe Maker: through 9.1.0

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3019769/wp-recipe-maker/trunk/includes/public/shortcodes/general/class-wprm-sc-text.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ec201702-8c8c-4049-b647-422d18001b7f?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3019769/wp-recipe-maker/trunk/includes/public/shortcodes/general/class-wprm-sc-text.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ec201702-8c8c-4049-b647-422d18001b7f?source=cve

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