Stored cross-site scripting in WordPress Html5 Audio Player plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The bPlugins Html5 Audio Player WordPress plugin, versions through 2.8.8, contains a stored cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79) because it does not neutralize input before generating web pages. A remote attacker with low privileges can store script that runs in a victim's browser after the victim interacts with the affected page.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in bPlugins Html5 Audio Player html5-audio-player allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Html5 Audio Player: from n/a through 2.8.8.
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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Html5 Audio Player.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-62039
- 2026-10-09 Alias added: GHSA-pmx7-9j4g-c6m8
- 2026-10-11 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-11 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
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- TI-2024-00982 SQL injection in html5-video-player CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- 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
- TI-2025-07373 B Blocks <= 2.0.6 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via rgfr_registration Function CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-40456 WordPress MailChimp Block plugin <= 1.1.15 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-62039 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-62039 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pmx7-9j4g-c6m8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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