Vulnerability · Published Feb 25, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-14742WP Recipe Maker <= 10.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in WP Recipe Maker from brechtvds. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| brechtvds | WP Recipe Maker | 0 – through 10.2.3 |
Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/10c17e74-dced-483e-bcaf-00ff5b11059c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-recipe-maker/trunk/includes/public/class-wprm-recipe-manager.php#L47
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-recipe-maker/trunk/includes/public/class-wprm-recipe-manager.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-recipe-maker/trunk/includes/public/class-wprm-recipe-manager.php#L161
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-recipe-maker/trunk/includes/public/class-wprm-recipe-manager.php#L301
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3440361/wp-recipe-maker/trunk/includes/public/class-wprm-recipe-manager.php