Html5 Audio Player – Audio Player for: Cross-site scripting
Html5 Audio Player – Audio Player for is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Html5 Audio Player – Audio Player for
- Plugin slug
html5-audio-player- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 18, 2021
This CVE was published Oct 18, 2021 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Html5 Audio Player – Audio Player for 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 – Audio Player for WordPress plugin before 2.1.3 does not sanitise or validate the parameters from its shortcode, allowing users with a role as low as contributor to set Cross-Site Scripting payload in them which will be triggered in the page/s with the embed malicious shortcode
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N