diff --git a/mealie/routes/media/media_recipe.py b/mealie/routes/media/media_recipe.py
index b2224eab9..428fac95c 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/media/media_recipe.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/media/media_recipe.py
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ async def get_recipe_asset(recipe_id: UUID4, file_name: str):
         raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
     if file.exists():
-        return FileResponse(file)
+        return FileResponse(file, filename=file.name, content_disposition_type="attachment")
     else:
         raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
diff --git a/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py b/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
index 927352efb..ca8da8865 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ from mealie.services.scraper.scraper_strategies import (
 
 from ._base import BaseRecipeController, JSONBytes
 
+ASSET_ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS = {"pdf", "jpg", "jpeg", "png", "gif", "webp", "bmp", "avif", "txt", "md", "csv", "json"}
+
 router = UserAPIRouter(prefix="/recipes", route_class=MealieCrudRoute)
 
 
@@ -660,6 +662,10 @@ class RecipeController(BaseRecipeController):
         if "." in extension:
             extension = extension.split(".")[-1]
 
+        extension = extension.lower()
+        if extension not in ASSET_ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Unsupported file extension")
+
         file_slug = slugify(name)
         if not extension or not file_slug:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Missing required fields")
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/user_recipe_tests/test_recipe_image_assets.py b/tests/integration_tests/user_recipe_tests/test_recipe_image_assets.py
index 22c2e03f6..599edc624 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/user_recipe_tests/test_recipe_image_assets.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/user_recipe_tests/test_recipe_image_assets.py
@@ -87,6 +87,23 @@ def test_recipe_asset_exploit(api_client: TestClient, unique_user: TestUser, rec
     assert not (recipe.asset_dir / "test.txt").exists()
 
 
+def test_recipe_asset_dangerous_extension_blocked(
+    api_client: TestClient, unique_user: TestUser, recipe_ingredient_only: Recipe
+):
+    """Ensure scriptable extensions are rejected to prevent stored XSS (GHSA-gfwc-pjx4-mg9p)."""
+    recipe = recipe_ingredient_only
+    for ext in ("html", "svg", "js", "htm", "xhtml"):
+        payload = {"name": random_string(10), "icon": "mdi-file", "extension": ext}
+        file_payload = {"file": b"<script>alert(1)</script>"}
+        response = api_client.post(
+            f"/api/recipes/{recipe.slug}/assets",
+            data=payload,
+            files=file_payload,
+            headers=unique_user.token,
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 400, f"expected 400 for extension={ext}, got {response.status_code}"
+
+
 def test_recipe_image_upload(api_client: TestClient, unique_user: TestUser, recipe_ingredient_only: Recipe):
     data_payload = {"extension": "jpg"}
     file_payload = {"image": data.images_test_image_1.read_bytes()}