CVE-2021-24412 Html5 Audio Player < 2.1.3 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode parameters in the Html5 Audio Player WordPress plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-24412?
CVE-2021-24412 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Html5 Audio Player – Audio Player for WordPress, published on 18 Oct 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24412?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bplugins Html5 Audio Player.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24412?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24412 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2021-24412 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24412 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Html5 Audio Player – Audio Player for WordPress
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cq83-pmg7-mjwj.