# CVE-2025-56795: Mealie 3.0.1 and earlier is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the recipe creation functionality.

- Severity: CVSS 9.0 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2025-09-29 · Updated: 2025-10-01

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie/issues/5677
- https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie/pull/5754
- https://github.com/B1tBreaker/CVE-2025-56795

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