CVE-2024-0380: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in brechtvds WP Recipe Maker
The WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 9.1.0 via the 'icon' attribute used in Shortcodes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to include the contents of SVG files on the server, which can be leveraged for Cross-Site Scripting.
CVE-2024-0380: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in brechtvds WP Recipe Maker
Description
The WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 9.1.0 via the 'icon' attribute used in Shortcodes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to include the contents of SVG files on the server, which can be leveraged for Cross-Site Scripting.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-01-09T22:39:48.822Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6ddbb7ef31ef0b58fb23
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:47:07 PM
Last updated: 2/26/2026, 8:06:19 AM
Views: 1
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