vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: html5-audio-player: CVE-2021-24412: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Sep 20, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | Jun 24, 2025 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 20, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Jun 24, 2025
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
Solution
html5-audio-player-plugin-cve-2021-24412
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