Authenticated recipe disclosure via unchecked AJAX handlers
Published Feb 25, 2026 · Updated Feb 25, 2026
Authorization bypass in WP Recipe Maker 10.2.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read unpublished and private recipes. The ajax_search_recipes and ajax_get_recipe AJAX handlers return recipe records without checking whether the requester can read them. Subscriber-level access is sufficient to disclose draft, pending, and private recipe content without altering it or interrupting the site.
Summary
What happened
Authorization bypass in WP Recipe Maker 10.2.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read unpublished and private recipes. The ajax_search_recipes and ajax_get_recipe AJAX handlers return recipe records without checking whether the requester can read them. Subscriber-level access is sufficient to disclose draft, pending, and private recipe content without altering it or interrupting the site.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-14742
- Published
- Feb 25, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 25, 2026
- Vendor
- Bootstrapped Ventures
- Product
- WP Recipe Maker
- Classifications
- CWE-639, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=* <=10.2.3
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