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Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-56795 · published 29 September 2025

CVE-2025-56795: Mealie cross-site scripting vulnerability

Mealie · Mealie

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.

9.0 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 0.36% · top 72.3% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
9.0CVSS 3.1 base score
0.36%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
3References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/B1tBreaker/CVE-2025-56795 Exploit
https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie/issues/5677 ExploitIssue Tracking
https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie/pull/5754 Issue TrackingPatch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-56795), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.