CVE-2025-5531 describes a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 4.5.0. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious web scripts via the 'emd_mb_meta' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring low privileges, with potential impacts of low confidentiality and integrity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emarket-Design | Employee Directory – Staff & Team Directory | >= 0, <= 4.5.0CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.