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WP Recipe Maker <= 9.1.0 - Reflected XSS via Referer Header

CVE-2023-6970
Verified

Description

The WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Referer' header in all versions up to, and including, 9.1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. The Referer header value is used directly in the href attribute of the "Back" button on the print page without proper escaping.

Severity

Medium

Published Date

February 4, 2026

Template Author

shivam kamboj

CVE-2023-6970.yaml
5.0Severity

CVSS Metrics

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wp-recipe-maker/wp-recipe-maker-910-reflected-cross-site-scripting-via-refererhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6970https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3019769/wp-recipe-maker/trunk/templates/public/print.php

Remediation Steps

Update to the latest version of WP Recipe Maker plugin.