Description
Mealie before 3.21.0 fails to validate user ownership in the ratings and favorites endpoints, allowing authenticated attackers to read any user's recipe ratings and favorites by specifying arbitrary user IDs in the URL path. Attackers can access private recipe identifiers, rating values, and favorite flags belonging to other users across different groups or households.
Published: 2026-09-18
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Mealie before 3.21.0 fails to validate user ownership in the ratings and favorites endpoints, allowing authenticated attackers to read any user's recipe ratings and favorites by specifying arbitrary user IDs in the URL path. Attackers can access private recipe identifiers, rating values, and favorite flags belonging to other users across different groups or households.
Title Mealie before 3.21.0 Information Disclosure via Ratings Endpoint
First Time appeared Mealie
Mealie mealie
Weaknesses CWE-639
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mealie:mealie:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mealie
Mealie mealie
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-18T17:25:44.305Z

Reserved: 2026-09-18T15:38:23.485Z

Link: CVE-2026-93736

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-18T16:17:16.170

Modified: 2026-09-18T18:18:32.810

Link: CVE-2026-93736

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-639

    Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key