CVE-2024-56279
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedServer-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in mra13 Compact WP Audio Player compact-wp-audio-player allows Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects Compact WP Audio Player: from n/a through <= 1.9.14.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceServer-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the Compact WP Audio Player WordPress plugin allows attackers to make the server perform arbitrary requests to internal or external resources. This could enable access to internal services, bypass network restrictions, or exfiltrate data.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Compact WP Audio Player plugin is installedAccess WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins section, or inspect the wp-content/plugins directory for the compact-wp-audio-player folder. Check plugin files for version metadata in the main PHP file header.Affected if The plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Determine the installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin file (typically compact-wp-audio-player.php) and locate the Version field in the plugin header comment, or check the WordPress plugins admin page for the version number.Affected if The version number is within the affected range or cannot be determined to be patched
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Identify SSRF-vulnerable endpoints or parametersInspect the plugin source code for functions that perform HTTP requests (such as wp_remote_get, wp_remote_post, file_get_contents with URLs, or cURL calls). Look for parameters that accept URLs or domain names, particularly in audio embedding or file loading functionality.Affected if The plugin processes user-supplied URLs in server-side requests without strict allowlist validation
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Review server access logs for suspicious requestsExamine web server access logs (Apache access.log, Nginx access.log) for requests to the plugin endpoints that contain unusual URL parameters pointing to internal IP addresses (127.0.0.1, 10.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x), internal hostnames, or non-standard ports.Affected if Unusual SSRF probe requests are present in the logs targeting the plugin endpoint
The site is affected if Compact WP Audio Player plugin is installed and processes URL parameters without strict allowlist-based validation, enabling arbitrary server-side requests.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict input validation and allowlist-based URL checking for any server-side requests, ensuring only permitted domains or IP ranges can be accessed.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-56279 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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