CVE-2021-24734
Compact WP Audio Player < 1.9.7 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Compact WP Audio Player WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 does not escape some of its shortcodes attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Compact WP Audio Player WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 does not escape some of its shortcodes attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
CVE-2021-24734- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Compact WP Audio Player < 1.9.7 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Compact WP Audio Player WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 does not escape some of its shortcodes attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
CVE-2021-24734- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11646 No score
The Compact WP Audio Player WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 does not escape some of its shortcodes attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11646- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mc96-xvr9-9pqc No score
The Compact WP Audio Player WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 does not escape some of its shortcodes...
The Compact WP Audio Player WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 does not escape some of its shortcodes attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
GHSA-mc96-xvr9-9pqc- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24734 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Tips And Tricks Hq Compact Wp Audio Player, published October 18, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.65%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.