CVE-2026-75905: WP Recipe Maker <= 10.8.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Recipe Ownership Takeover and Unpublishing via '[wprm-recipe]' Shortcode
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 postauthor to the attacker's user ID, and unpublish it by overwriting its poststatus with the contributor's draft or pending post status. This requires the default 'recipeuseauthor' setting to be set to 'parent' for the ownership transfer to occur, though unpublishing remains possible regardless of this setting.
Affected Software
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
- Upgrade
Upgrade
WordPress WP Recipe Maker pluginto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 10.8.0 - Configuration
Ensure the WP Recipe Maker setting 'recipe_use_author' is NOT set to 'parent' if you need to prevent the authorization-bypass ownership transfer; note that unpublishing remains possible regardless of this setting.
WP Recipe Maker recipe_use_author = parent
Event History
Frequently Asked Questions
Which users can exploit this issue?
An attacker must be authenticated to WordPress with at least Contributor-level access. No user interaction is required.
Are default installations affected by recipe ownership takeover?
Ownership takeover requires the plugin's recipe_use_author setting to be set to parent, which is described as the default setting. Unpublishing recipes is possible regardless of that setting.
What impact can an attacker have?
A Contributor or higher can change an admin-authored recipe's post_author to their own user ID and can overwrite its post_status with their own draft or pending status. This can transfer recipe ownership and make recipes unpublished.