CVE-2025-56795
criticalpriority · track · 10EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Mealie 3.0.1 and earlier is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the recipe creation functionality. Unsanitized user input in the "note" and "text" fields of the "/api/recipes/{recipe_name}" endpoint is rendered in the frontend without proper escaping leading to persistent XSS.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.5–9
ssvc
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exploits (1)
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affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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references (11)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-56795cnnvd
- https://docs.mealie.io/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/B1tBreaker/CVE-2025-56795cnnvd
- https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie/issues/5677cnnvd
- https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie/pull/5754cnnvd
- https://github.com/B1tBreaker/CVE-2025-56795enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie/issues/5677enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie/pull/5754enisa_euvd
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