CVE-2025-5531

Staff Directory – Employee Directory for WordPress <= 4.5.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'emd_mb_meta' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.03%
Affected: emarket-design Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/143c5f1f-032c-4207-9401-20f18efcad9d?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3295945%40employee-directory&new=3295945%40employee-directory&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2025-5531?
CVE-2025-5531 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2025-5531?
To fix CVE-2025-5531, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2025-5531 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2025-5531 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2025-5531?
CVE-2025-5531 affects emarket-design Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress.
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