MP3 Audio Player: known security problems
19 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
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In short
There are 19 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 5.16 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (from 5.9 up to and including 5.15)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 5.9 up to and including 5.15
- Fixed in
- 5.16
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.16 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-111967
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar 5.9 - 5.15 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.14.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.14.2
- Fixed in
- 5.15
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.15 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-16776
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player <= 5.14.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.14.2) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.14.2
- Fixed in
- 5.15
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.15 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-104673
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar <= 5.14.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.13.1
- Fixed in
- 5.14
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.14 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-81289
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar <= 5.13.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 5.12)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.12
- Fixed in
- 5.13
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.13 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-65506
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar <= 5.12 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could see private information they should not see
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 4.0 up to and including 5.10
- Fixed in
- 5.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-1219
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar 4.0 - 5.10 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitive Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.11
- Fixed in
- 5.12
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.12 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-39647
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar <= 5.11 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an author account on your site could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 5.3 up to and including 5.10
- Fixed in
- 5.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-1249
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar 5.3 - 5.10 - Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 5.9.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.9.4
- Fixed in
- 5.9.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.9.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-32235
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar <= 5.9.4 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.9.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.9.3
- Fixed in
- 5.9.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.9.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-13157
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar <= 5.9.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Podcast RSS Feed
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 5.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.8
- Fixed in
- 5.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-56266
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar <= 5.8 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.8
- Fixed in
- 5.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-10268
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar <= 5.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via sonaar_audioplayer Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.7.0.1
- Fixed in
- 5.7.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.7.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-7856
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar <= 5.7.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.5
- Fixed in
- 5.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-5664
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar <= 5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via sonaar_audioplayer Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.10.1
- Fixed in
- 5.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-31343
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar <= 4.10.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.1
- Fixed in
- 5.1.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.1.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-30530
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar <= 5.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 5.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.1
- Fixed in
- 5.1.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 5.1.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-30487
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar <= 5.1 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 4.10)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.10
- Fixed in
- 4.10.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 4.10.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-47822
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar <= 4.10 - Missing Authorization to Template Import
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.1
- Fixed in
- 2.4.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update MP3 Audio Player to version 2.4.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24624
- Report title
- MP3 Audio Player for Music, Radio & Podcast by Sonaar <= 2.4.1 - Multiple Admin+ Cross Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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