Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2024-0380 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Bootstrapped Wp Recipe Maker. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data Obfuscation (T1001); ranked in the top 44% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
The WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to directory traversal in all versions through 9.1.0. The flaw exists in shortcode handling of the "icon" attribute and stems from insufficient path validation when referencing server-side files, corresponding to CWE-22. Successful traversal permits an authenticated user to pull the contents of arbitrary SVG files into rendered output, which can subsequently be abused for cross-site scripting.
An attacker needs at minimum contributor-level access to a WordPress site running the affected plugin. By supplying a crafted shortcode, the attacker can force inclusion of SVG files located anywhere on the filesystem that the web server can read. The resulting script execution occurs in the context of other site visitors, enabling theft of session tokens or other client-side actions without requiring interaction from the victim.
References point to a fix committed in changeset 3019769 of the plugin's public icon-handling class, indicating that an updated release beyond 9.1.0 addresses the path traversal. The associated EPSS score remains low and essentially flat (current 0.0618, peak 0.0634), providing no indication of emerging exploitation interest after disclosure.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-16176
Vulnerability Data
The WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 9.1.0 via the 'icon' attribute used in Shortcodes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to…
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include the contents of SVG files on the server, which can be leveraged for Cross-Site Scripting.
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V5.3.2
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces the intended directory access authorizations that path traversal would otherwise bypass.
Input validation directly neutralizes special path elements before pathname construction occurs.
Least privilege reduces the impact of any unauthorized file access obtained via traversal.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.
PR.AA-05 defines and reviews access policies but does not address code-level pathname neutralization, so neither direction prevents CWE-22.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.