# CVE-2021-24735: Compact WP Audio Player < 1.9.7 - Setting Change via CSRF

> Attackers can force logged-in admins to change audio player settings via CSRF due to missing nonce checks in the Compact WP Audio Player plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c8jp-pc3c-h742

## What is CVE-2021-24735?

CVE-2021-24735 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Compact WP Audio Player, published on 18 Oct 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Compact WP Audio Player WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 does not implement nonce checks, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change the "Disable Simultaneous Play" setting via a CSRF attack.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24735?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tipsandtricks-Hq Compact Wp Audio Player.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24735?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24735 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24735 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24735 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Compact WP Audio Player

- [CVE-2022-4542](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4542/): Compact WP Audio Player < 1.9.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-24734](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24734/): Compact WP Audio Player < 1.9.7 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24735 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24735 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Compact WP Audio Player, published on 18 Oct 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24735 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Compact WP Audio Player. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24735/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24735/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24735
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24735
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24735

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24735/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.