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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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00366,"percentile":0.30696,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"published":"2026-09-09T05:31:05Z","modified":"2026-09-09T16:17:05Z","products":[{"vendor":"brechtvds","product":"wp recipe maker"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eee25825-2308-4234-b72b-6cb11b658a6e?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-recipe-maker/tags/10.8.0/includes/public/class-wprm-recipe-saver.php#L729"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-recipe-maker/tags/10.8.0/includes/public/class-wprm-recipe-saver.php#L572"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-recipe-maker/tags/10.8.0/includes/public/class-wprm-recipe-saver.php#L630"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=\u0026old=3677870%40wp-recipe-maker\u0026new=3677870%40wp-recipe-maker"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75905"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxrm-g829-m3g6"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-75905","title":"WP Recipe Maker \u003c= 10.8.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Recipe Ownership Takeover and Unpublishing via '[wprm-recipe]' Shortcode","description":"The WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 10.8.0. 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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.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-09T05:31:05Z","modified":"2026-09-09T15:03:10Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T17:28:26.882462Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-hxrm-g829-m3g6","title":"The WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up...","description":"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. 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