ZoomSounds — WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist <= 6.45 - Directory Traversal
CVE-2021-39316Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤6.45Update to 6.50 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-22 Path Traversal
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
ZoomSounds - WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist dzs-zoomsounds
- Affected≤ 6.45
- Patched in6.50
Update to 6.50 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 6.45. Version 6.50 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under ZoomSounds - WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 6.50, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch ZoomSounds - WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to DigitalJessica Ltd.
The Zoomsounds plugin <= 6.45 for WordPress allows arbitrary files, including sensitive configuration files such as wp-config.php, to be downloaded via the `dzsap_download` action using directory traversal in the `link` parameter.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 9| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤6.91No patch available | CVE-2025-47566 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection ≤6.91No patch available | CVE-2025-47568 | |
| High7.5 | WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist <= 6.91 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download ≤6.91No patch available | CVE-2025-3431 | |
| High8.1 | WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist <= 6.91 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Options Update and Settings Manipulation ≤6.91No patch available | CVE-2024-13776 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ≤6.91No patch available | CVE-2025-0839 |
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤6.91No patch available
- Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
≤6.91No patch available
- High7.5WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist <= 6.91 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download
≤6.91No patch available
- High8.1WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist <= 6.91 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Options Update and Settings Manipulation
≤6.91No patch available
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
≤6.91No patch available
Same weakness (Path Traversal)
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
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