CVE-2022-34618 — A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mealie 1

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mealie 1.0.0beta3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the recipe description text field.

01What is this vulnerability?

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mealie 1.0.0beta3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the recipe description text field.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-08-02T15:00:28.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-03T09:15:15.590Z

09References

• cwe.mitre.org — https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
• hub.docker.com — https://hub.docker.com/r/hkotel/mealie
• docs.mealie.io — https://docs.mealie.io/changelog/v0.5.6/
• gainsec.com — https://gainsec.com/2022/08/02/cve-2022-34613-cve-2022-34618-cve-2022-34619-xss-…
• huntr.dev — https://huntr.dev/bounties/aa610613-6ebb-4544-9aa6-046dc28fe4ff/