Missing authorization in brechtvds WP Recipe Maker
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 10.8.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to take ownership of any admin-authored recipe by rewriting its post_author to the attacker's user ID, and unpublish it by overwriting its post_status with the contributor's draft or pending post status. This requires the default 'recipe_use_author' setting to be set to 'parent' for the ownership transfer to occur, though unpublishing remains possible regardless of this setting.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brechtvds | WP Recipe Maker | up to 10.8.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- WP Recipe Maker Vendorbrechtvds Affected up to 10.8.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:bootstrapped:wp_recipe_maker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Bootstrapped |
- cpe:2.3:a:bootstrapped:wp_recipe_maker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Bootstrapped
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-75905
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hxrm-g829-m3g6
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eee25825-2308-4234-b72b-6cb11b658a6e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-recipe-maker/tags/10.8.0/includes/public/class-wprm-recipe-saver.php#L729
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-recipe-maker/tags/10.8.0/includes/public/class-wprm-recipe-saver.php#L572
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-recipe-maker/tags/10.8.0/includes/public/class-wprm-recipe-saver.php#L630
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3677870%40wp-recipe-maker&new=3677870%40wp-recipe-maker
More brechtvds vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-14166 WP Recipe Maker <= 10.2.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitive Information Exposure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2026-60443 WP Recipe Maker <= 10.8.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Recipe Comment Content CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-01121 WP Recipe Maker <= 9.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injecton CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-08952 WP Recipe Maker <= 9.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'tooltip' CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-01247 Authorization bypass in brechtvds WP Recipe Maker CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-03772 WP Ultimate Post Grid <= 3.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpupg-text Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-75905 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-75905 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hxrm-g829-m3g6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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