CVE-2024-0255: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-0255) in versions up to and including 9.1.0. The vulnerability exists in the plugin's 'wprm-recipe-text-share' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes (NVD).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) by NIST with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Wordfence assessed it at 6.4 (Medium) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page (NVD).

The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with at least contributor-level permissions to exploit. The attack complexity is considered low, requiring network access and user interaction for successful exploitation (NVD).

Users should update to a version newer than 9.1.0 of the WP Recipe Maker plugin. The vulnerability has been patched in the source code as evidenced by the changes in the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Plugin).