Cross-site scripting in sonaar MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Podcast RSS Feed in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.3 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sonaar | MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar | up to 5.9.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar Vendorsonaar Affected up to 5.9.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:sonaar:mp3_audio_player_for_music\,_radio_\&_podcast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | sonaar |
- cpe:2.3:a:sonaar:mp3_audio_player_for_music\,_radio_\&_podcast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·sonaar
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-13157
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3v8f-5jj4-3qc5
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/547325ad-0b01-42d5-b47c-362044587395?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mp3-music-player-by-sonaar/trunk/includes/class-sonaar-music-widget.php#L1733
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/mp3-music-player-by-sonaar/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3231414/
More sonaar vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-30625 WordPress Sonaar Music Plugin 4.7 Stored XSS via Comments CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
- TI-2024-07281 Missing authorization in sonaar MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2025-37093 WordPress Sonaar theme <= 4.27.4 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-20715 WordPress MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar plugin <= 4.10.1 - Arbitrary File Download vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-37236 WordPress MP3 Audio Player plugin <= 5.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-25930 WordPress MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar plugin <= 4.10 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-13157 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-13157 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3v8f-5jj4-3qc5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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