CVE-2024-4398
HTML5 Audio Player- Best WordPress Audio Player Plugin <= 2.2.19 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Widgets
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- May 10, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- May 1, 2024
Description
The HTML5 Audio Player- Best WordPress Audio Player Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's widgets in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.19 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Playerbplugins |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca646202-b9e2-4272-b0e2-d39cd748fb8e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/html5-audio-player/trunk/inc/Elementor/Widgets/Simple.php#L237
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/html5-audio-player/trunk/inc/elementor-widgets/fusion-audio-player.php#L275
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/html5-audio-player/trunk/inc/elementor-widgets/stamp-audio-player.php#L286
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/html5-audio-player/trunk/inc/elementor-widgets/playlist.php#L541
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