CVE-2026-1249

MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar 5.3 - 5.10 - Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery

2026-02-13 20:09
kr0d

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 5.11
Affected Plugin
MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar
Affected Version
5.3 – 5.10
CVSS
5.0Medium
Weakness type
CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE
CVE-2026-1249
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At a glance

CVE-2026-1249 is a medium-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the MP3 Audio Player WordPress plugin, affecting versions 5.3 – 5.10. It carries a CVSS score of 5.0 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Author level or above. The issue is fixed in version 5.11; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2026, reported by kr0d.

Vulnerability Overview

The MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions 5.3 to 5.10 via the 'load_lyrics_ajax_callback' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

MP3 Audio Player 5.3 – 5.10 carries this weakness at load_lyrics_ajax_callback, and reaching it takes an account at Author level or above. Server-side request forgery means the application fetches a URL supplied by the caller, turning the server into a proxy for requests the attacker could not make directly.

The request originates from inside the hosting network, which is how these flaws reach cloud metadata endpoints, internal admin panels and services that trust local traffic. For MP3 Audio Player the fix is 5.11: builds 5.3 – 5.10 are affected, anything from 5.11 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 5.11, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Author access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: MP3 Audio Player 5.11 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1249https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/261aad1e-43fc-4927-a97d-85a001863023https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1249

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