Mealie 3.0.1 and earlier is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the recipe…
Priority HIGH 74CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Mealie 3.0.1 and earlier is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the recipe creation functionality. Unsanitized user input in the "note" and "text" fields of the "/api/recipes/{recipe_name}" endpoint is rendered in the frontend without proper escaping leading to persistent XSS.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00373 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mealie:mealie:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 3.0.1 | Vulnerable | mealie-recipes |
- cpe:2.3:a:mealie:mealie:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.0.1 Vulnerable ·mealie-recipes
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-56795
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wwm7-v4rv-ggff
References
More mealie-recipes Mealie vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-36768 A Broken Object Level Authorization vulnerability in the component /api/users/{user-id}… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
- TI-2024-21092 Mealie vulnerable to a GET-based SSRF in recipe image importer (GHSL-2023-227) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.2
- 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
- CVE-2025-56795 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-56795 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wwm7-v4rv-ggff · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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