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HTML5 Audio Player vulnerabilities
HTML5 Audio Player has 4 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 19 Dec 2025.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 4
- Active installs
- 10,000+
- Latest version
- 2.8.7
- Last updated
- 26 Sep 2026
- Most recent
- 19 Dec 2025
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Server-side request forgery (SSRF) CVE-2025-13999 | High 7.2 | Up to 2.5.1 | Fixed in a later version (latest 2.8.7) | 19 Dec 2025 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2024-4398 | Medium 6.4 | Up to 2.2.19 | Fixed in a later version (latest 2.8.7) | 14 May 2024 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2023-0170 | Medium 5.4 | Before 2.1.12 | Fixed in 2.1.12 | 6 Feb 2023 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2021-24412 | Medium 5.4 | Before 2.1.3 | Fixed in 2.1.3 | 18 Oct 2021 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2025-13999, 19 Dec 2025
- The HTML5 Audio Player - The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions from 2.4.0 up to, and including, 2.5.1 via the getIcyMetadata() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services. CVE record
- CVE-2024-4398, 14 May 2024
- The HTML5 Audio Player- Best WordPress Audio Player Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's widgets in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.19 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE record
- CVE-2023-0170, 6 Feb 2023
- 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. CVE record
- CVE-2021-24412, 18 Oct 2021
- 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 CVE record
What to do if you run HTML5 Audio Player
If you run HTML5 Audio Player, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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