CVE-2025-13667 WP Recipe Manager <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Skill Level' Input Field
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the Skill Level field, executing code in victim browsers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13667?
CVE-2025-13667 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in tomiup WP Recipe Manager, published on 7 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Recipe Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Skill Level' input field in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13667?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13667?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13667 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-13667 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13667 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-226c-v4c5-7xv2.