CVE-2026-75905: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in brechtvds WP Recipe Maker
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. 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.
CVSS v3.1
4.3medium
Affected software
brechtvds
WP Recipe Maker
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-75905 is an authorization bypass vulnerability in the WP Recipe Maker WordPress plugin affecting all versions up to and including 10.8.0. The plugin fails to properly verify user authorization, allowing authenticated users with contributor-level privileges or higher to change the post_author field of admin-authored recipes to their own user ID, effectively taking ownership. Additionally, these users can unpublish recipes by changing the post_status to draft or pending. The ownership transfer exploit depends on the 'recipe_use_author' setting being set to 'parent', while unpublishing is possible regardless of this setting. This vulnerability is classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization).
Potential Impact
An attacker with contributor-level access or higher can modify the ownership of recipes created by administrators and unpublish them. This could lead to unauthorized content control and potential disruption of published content on affected WordPress sites. There is no direct confidentiality or availability impact reported. The vulnerability does not require user interaction and has a low attack complexity.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, review and adjust user permissions carefully, and consider disabling or modifying the 'recipe_use_author' setting if possible to mitigate ownership transfer risk. Monitor plugin updates from the vendor for a security patch addressing this issue.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 08/18/2026
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aa0f0a5acd9273b49ccded8
Added to database: 09/09/2026, 05:37:41 UTC
Last enriched: 09/09/2026, 05:52:45 UTC
Last updated: 10/24/2026, 08:45:12 UTC
Views: 73
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