Mealie vulnerable to a GET-based SSRF in recipe image importer (GHSL-2023-227)
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Mealie is a self hosted recipe manager and meal planner. Prior to 1.4.0, the scrape_image function will retrieve an image based on a user-provided URL, however the provided URL is not validated to point to an external location and does not have any enforced rate limiting. The response from the Mealie server will also vary depending on whether or not the target file is an image, is not an image, or does not exist. Additionally, when a file is retrieved the file may remain stored on Mealie’s file system as original.jpg under the UUID of the recipe it was requested for. If the attacker has access to an admin account (e.g. the default [email protected]), this file can then be retrieved. Note that if Mealie is running in a development setting this could be leveraged by an attacker to retrieve any file that the Mealie server had downloaded in this fashion without the need for administrator access. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mealie-recipes | mealie | before 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- mealie Vendormealie-recipes Affected before 1.4.0 Fixed in 1.4.0 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mealie:mealie:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.4.0 | Vulnerable | mealie-recipes |
- cpe:2.3:a:mealie:mealie:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.4.0 Vulnerable ·mealie-recipes
Remediation
- Fix · CNA mealie (mealie-recipes) Fixed in 1.4.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-31993
References
More mealie-recipes Mealie vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-35411 Mealie 3.0.1 and earlier is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the recipe… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2024-36768 A Broken Object Level Authorization vulnerability in the component /api/users/{user-id}… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
- TI-2025-43084 A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the recipe asset upload and media… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2025-43083 A stored HTML injection vulnerability in the Recipe Notes rendering component in Mealie… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-36767 A Broken Object Level Authorization vulnerability in the component /api/users/{user-id}… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-36766 A Broken Object Level Authorization vulnerability in the component… CVSS 3.1LOW 3.1
Sources
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