WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2025-13999 Deferred

HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player: Server-side request forgery

HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player is affected by server-side request forgery. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The vulnerable server can be induced to make attacker-selected network requests.

CVE / CNA score 7.2 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player
Plugin slug
html5-audio-player-the-ultimate-no-code-podcast-mp3-audio-player
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Dec 19, 2025
Weakness
CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

This CVE was published Dec 19, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions from 2.4.0 up to, and including, 2.5.1 via the getIcyMetadata() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources