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My Food RecipeApplication · Rems

CVE-2023-43292

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-03-12
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in My Food Recipe Using PHP with Source Code v.1.0 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload to the Recipe Name, Procedure, and ingredients parameters.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in My Food Recipe PHP v1.0 allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code through the Recipe Name, Procedure, and ingredients input fields. User-supplied data is stored and rendered without proper sanitization, causing the payload to execute when other users view the recipe.

MitigationImplement input validation and context-aware output encoding for all user-supplied fields. Apply htmlspecialchars() or equivalent sanitization before rendering user input, and consider adding Content-Security-Policy headers to mitigate XSS risks.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
My Food RecipeApplication
Affected:= 1.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify the installed version of My Food Recipe PHP
    Check the application version in the source code, admin panel, or any version file (common locations include a version.php file, footer, or changelog)
    Affected if The installed version is 1.0, which matches the affected version range
  2. Verify if user-submitted recipes can be created
    Navigate to the recipe creation/add functionality in the application and confirm whether unauthenticated or low-privilege users can submit recipes
    Affected if The application allows users to submit recipes with custom Recipe Name, Procedure, and ingredients fields
  3. Inspect the recipe input form for vulnerable fields
    Locate the HTML forms or PHP files handling recipe submission and verify that Recipe Name, Procedure, and ingredients fields exist as input points
    Affected if These three specific input fields are present in the recipe submission interface
  4. Check how recipe data is rendered in the application
    Review the PHP code that displays submitted recipes (typically in recipe detail pages or lists) to see if output encoding is applied before rendering user input
    Affected if The application renders Recipe Name, Procedure, or ingredients fields without htmlspecialchars() or equivalent sanitization
  5. Examine stored recipe data in the database
    Query the recipes table in the database to inspect stored values for any existing injected script tags or suspicious JavaScript patterns in the vulnerable fields
    Affected if Unsanitized script tags or JavaScript event handlers are found stored in the Recipe Name, Procedure, or ingredients fields

A user is affected if they are running My Food Recipe PHP version 1.0 and the application allows users to submit recipes with unsanitized Recipe Name, Procedure, or ingredients fields that are rendered without proper output encoding.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement input validation and context-aware output encoding for all user-supplied fields. Apply htmlspecialchars() or equivalent sanitization before rendering user input, and consider adding Content-Security-Policy headers to mitigate XSS risks.

Fix this in My Food Recipe Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
14.0 hours of engineering $2,490
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