CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedThe WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to an authorization bypass that allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to take ownership of admin-authored recipes and unpublish them. This vulnerability arises from inadequate user authorization checks, enabling attackers to modify the post_author and post_status fields. WordPress site administrators using this plugin should prioritize patching to mitigate the risk of unauthorized content manipulation.
Original NVD 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.