# CVE-2023-0170: Html5 Audio Player < 2.1.12 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

> Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes in the Html5 Audio Player plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 25 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2w6h-738h-38w6

## What is CVE-2023-0170?

CVE-2023-0170 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Html5 Audio Player, published on 6 Feb 2023. 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 WordPress plugin before 2.1.12 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0170?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bplugins Html5 Audio Player.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0170?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0170 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0170 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0170 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Html5 Audio Player

- [CVE-2024-37445](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37445/): WordPress HTML5 Audio Player plugin <= 2.2.23 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-24412](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24412/): Html5 Audio Player < 2.1.3 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0170 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0170 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Html5 Audio Player, published on 6 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0170 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Html5 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-2023-0170/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0170/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0170
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0170
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0170

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0170/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.