CVE-2024-0382: WP Recipe Maker <= 9.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via header_tag

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: none known
Published: 2024-02-05 · 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 unrestricted use of the 'header_tag' attribute. 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/class-wprm-shortcode-helper.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f463ed1-06ad-430f-b450-1a73dc54f8a7?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3019769/wp-recipe-maker/trunk/includes/public/shortcodes/class-wprm-shortcode-helper.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f463ed1-06ad-430f-b450-1a73dc54f8a7?source=cve

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