WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2014-9177 Modified

Html5 Mp3 Player With Playlist: A security weakness

Html5 Mp3 Player With Playlist is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 5.0 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 5.0 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Html5 Mp3 Player With Playlist
Plugin slug
html5-mp3-player-with-playlist
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Dec 02, 2014
Weakness
CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

This CVE was published Dec 02, 2014 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Html5 Mp3 Player With Playlist 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 MP3 Player with Playlist Free plugin before 2.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via a request to html5plus/playlist.php.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Primary and upstream sources