# CVE-2024-56266: WordPress MP3 Audio Player plugin <= 5.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Attackers can access restricted functionality due to missing authorization checks in the MP3 Audio Player WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8w3w-w736-7vh3

## What is CVE-2024-56266?

CVE-2024-56266 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar, published on 2 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in sonaar MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar mp3-music-player-by-sonaar allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar: from n/a through <= 5.8.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56266?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sonaar Mp3 Audio Player for Music\, Radio \& Podcast.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56266?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-56266 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-56266 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56266 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar

- [CVE-2024-7856](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7856/): Missing authorization in MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-30487](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30487/): WordPress MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar plugin <= 5.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2024-31343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31343/): Missing authorization in MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-30530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30530/): Cross-site scripting in MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-10268](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10268/): Cross-site scripting in MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-56266 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56266 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar, published on 2 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56266 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar. 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-2024-56266/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56266/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56266
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56266
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56266

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56266/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.