# CVE-2025-70296: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Authenticated users can inject HTML into recipe notes, enabling UI redressing attacks against other users viewing recipes.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 12 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cx65-rpp3-qf6c

## What is CVE-2025-70296?

CVE-2025-70296 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A stored HTML injection vulnerability in the Recipe Notes rendering component in Mealie 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary HTML, resulting in user interface redressing within the recipe view.

Weakness: CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-70296?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mealie Mealie.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-70296?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-70296 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-70296 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-70296 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2022-34615](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34615/): Weak cryptography in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-56795](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-56795/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-55073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55073/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2024-31992](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31992/): Mealie contains a DoS vulnerability in recipe importer (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-31994](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31994/): Mealie vulnerable to a DoS in recipe image importer (GHSL-2023-228) (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-70296 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-70296 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-70296 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70296/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70296/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-70296
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-70296
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-70296

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70296/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.