CVE-2025-14742 (GCVE-0-2025-14742)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-25 09:26 – Updated: 2026-02-25 16:33
VLAI?
Title
WP Recipe Maker <= 10.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure
Summary
The WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ajax_search_recipes' and 'ajax_get_recipe' functions in all versions up to, and including, 10.2.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve sensitive recipe information including draft, pending, and private recipes that they shouldn't be able to access.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
brechtvds WP Recipe Maker Affected: * , ≤ 10.2.3 (semver)
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Credits
Abhinav Jaswal
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