Server-side request forgery in bPlugins HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13999
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q4g4-9h3h-h3p3
References
Other 2
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/989b4b9d-e22e-46a7-8ebc-5c8b33f98111?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old=3394789&old_path=html5-audio-player%2Ftags%2F2.5.1%2Finc%2FCore%2FAjax.php&new=3419843&new_path=html5-audio-player%2Ftags%2F2.5.2%2Finc%2FCore%2FAjax.php
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- TI-2023-00164 Html5 Audio Player < 2.1.12 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2025-11361 Missing authorization in bPlugins Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
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- TI-2026-40456 WordPress MailChimp Block plugin <= 1.1.15 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-13999 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-13999 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q4g4-9h3h-h3p3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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