# CVE-2024-7856: Missing authorization in MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar

> Authenticated subscribers can delete arbitrary files, potentially leading to remote code execution by removing configuration files.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 29 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xj8p-vpqc-xj39

## What is CVE-2024-7856?

CVE-2024-7856 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar, published on 29 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary file deletion due to a missing capability check on the removeTempFiles() function and insufficient path validation on the 'file' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files which can make remote code execution possible when wp-config.php is deleted.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7856?

It affects 1 product.


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

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7856?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7856 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7856 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7856 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Proof-of-Concept for CVE-2024-7856 (github_poc): https://github.com/l8BL/CVE-2024-7856

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

- [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)
- [CVE-2024-5664](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5664/): 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-2024-7856 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7856 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar, published on 29 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7856 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio 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-2024-7856/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7856/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7856
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7856
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7856

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7856/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.