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TI-2023-00164 Aliases CVE-2023-0170GHSA-2w6h-738h-38w6

Html5 Audio Player < 2.1.12 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Priority MEDIUM 58Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00573 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Html5 Audio Player (Unknown): 2.1.12

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownHtml5 Audio Playerbefore 2.1.122.1.12Patch availableCNA
  • Html5 Audio Player VendorUnknown Affected before 2.1.12 Fixed in 2.1.12 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bplugins:html5_audio_player:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 2.1.12VulnerablebPlugins
  • cpe:2.3:a:bplugins:html5_audio_player:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.1.12 Vulnerable ·bPlugins

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Html5 Audio Player (Unknown) Fixed in 2.1.12

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-0170
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2w6h-738h-38w6

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2024-24949 WordPress HTML5 Audio Player plugin <= 2.2.23 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2021-06704 Html5 Audio Player < 2.1.3 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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