CVE-2026-49130 (CVSS 5.3)

Description

Music Player Daemon (MPD) before version 0.24.11 contains a CRLF injection vulnerability in the xspf_char_data function within the XSPF playlist plugin that allows attackers to embed literal CR/LF bytes in URI fields by supplying a malicious XSPF playlist with XML numeric character references. Attackers can inject forged key-value lines through the location field into MPD protocol responses including playlistinfo, currentsong, and listplaylist outputs, as well as the state file writer, by exploiting Expat's decoding of numeric character references prior to the character data callback.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

5.3

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0026

Probability of exploitation

0.17%

Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-93 CWE-93

References

Other References

https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/commit/855085b35c67dddeef0652e2cb3ac8cdd4f457b7 https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/issues/2483 https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/releases/tag/v0.24.11 https://mstreet97.github.io/security-research/opensource/vulnerability-disclosure/cybersecurity/cve/2026/05/25/Four_Bugs_Reachable_nc.html https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/v0.24.11/NEWS https://www.musicpd.org/news/2026/05/mpd-0-24-11-released/ https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/music-player-daemon-crlf-injection-via-xspfplaylistplugin-cxx

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-49130? +

Music Player Daemon (MPD) before version 0.24.11 contains a CRLF injection vulnerability in the xspf_char_data function within the XSPF playlist plugin that allows attackers to embed literal CR/LF bytes in URI fields by supplying a malicious XSPF playlist with XML numeric character references. Attackers can inject forged key-value lines through the location field into MPD protocol responses including playlistinfo, currentsong, and listplaylist outputs, as well as the state file writer, by exploiting Expat's decoding of numeric character references prior to the character data callback. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2026-49130? +

CVE-2026-49130 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.3 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance. The EPSS score is 0.0026, placing it in the 0th percentile for exploitation probability.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-49130? +

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