CVE-2025-53243
📛 CVE Title
WordPress Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory plugin for WordPress plugin <= 4.5.5 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability
Description
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in emarket-design Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress employee-directory allows Object Injection.This issue affects Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress: from n/a through <= 4.5.5.
Overview
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Assigner (CNA)
- Patchstack
- CVSS severity
- HIGH
- CVSS score
- 8.1 / 10
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Effective score
- 8.1 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
- CWE(s)
-
CWE-502 - Reserved
- 2025-06-27
- Published
- 2025-08-28 14:37 UTC
- Last updated
- 2026-04-28 18:13 UTC
- Source
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2025/53xxx/CVE-2025-53243.json
- Linked Threat
- CVE-2025-53243 — Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress <= 4.5.5 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0
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- NVD published
- 2025-08-28 13:16:02 UTC
- NVD last modified
- 2026-06-17 09:37:51 UTC
- NVD CVSS v3.1
- 8.1 / 10 HIGH source: audit@patchstack.com
- NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Exploitability subscore
- 2.2 / 10
- Impact subscore
- 5.9 / 10
- EPSS score
- 0.0030 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
- EPSS percentile
- 21.99% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-06-29
NVD / KEV / EPSS data refreshed 2026-06-30 09:16 UTC. Re-run the 🛰 Backfill from NVD button above to refresh.
European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD
ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.
- EUVD ID
-
EUVD-2025-25997 - Assigner
- Patchstack
- Published
- Aug 28, 2025, 12:37:23 PM
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026, 4:13:21 PM
- EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1)
-
8.1 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EUVD-reported EPSS
- 0.1000
- Vendors
- emarket-design
- Products
-
Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress (0 ≤4.5.5)Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress (n/a ≤4.5.3)Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress (0 ≤4.5.5)
- Aliases
-
GHSA-qw3w-x3xf-gg83
ENISA description: Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in emarket-design Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress employee-directory allows Object Injection.This issue affects Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress: from n/a through <= 4.5.5.
Affected products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| emarket-design | Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress |
0 (affected)
|
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Vendor references (1)
References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.
MITRE references (1) cveawg.mitre.org
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Web references (0)
DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.
No web references attached yet.
NVD-tagged references (1)
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Indicators (2)
IOCs linked to the auto-promoted Threat row.
| Type | Value | VirusTotal | Attached |
|---|---|---|---|
| domain |
injection.this
|
no local data | 2026-05-18 21:19 UTC |
| cve |
CVE-2025-53243
|
no local data | 2026-06-06 13:34 UTC |
Remediations (22)
Remediations are stored against the linked Threat row; the list below is deduplicated across both pages.
-
Wordfence remediation: Employee Directory – Staff & Team DirectoryWordfence
Update to version 4.5.6, or a newer patched version
2026-08-14 20:22 UTC -
Wordfence remediation: Employee Directory – Staff & Team DirectoryWordfence
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
2026-06-06 13:34 UTC -
web:patch.moe
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2026-05-22 14:24 UTC -
web:epatch.pa.gov
Why does PATCH exist? Its purpose is to better enable the public to obtain criminal history record checks. The repository was created and is maintained in accordance with Pennsylvania's Criminal History Information Act contained in Chapter 91 of Title 18, Crimes Code. This Act also directs the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) to disseminate criminal history data to criminal justice agencies ...
2026-05-22 14:24 UTC -
web:thehackernews.com
Microsoft patches 59 vulnerabilities, including six actively exploited zero-days, with CISA mandating urgent federal remediation .
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2026-05-22 14:24 UTC -
web:www.techrepublic.com
Microsoft's April 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 165 vulnerabilities, including two zero-days, in one of the company's largest monthly security updates.
2026-05-22 14:24 UTC -
web:www.bleepingcomputer.com
Today is Microsoft's October 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 172 flaws, including six zero-day vulnerabilities. Get patching!
2026-05-22 14:24 UTC -
web:www.cisa.gov
Updated October 29, 2025 : CISA has updated this Alert to include revised information on vulnerable product identification, potential threat activity detections, and additional resources. Microsoft released an update to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability impacting Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) in Windows Server (2012, 2016, 2019, 2022, and 2025 ), CVE - 2025 -59287
2026-05-22 14:24 UTC -
web:patch.com
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2026-05-22 14:24 UTC -
web:msrc.microsoft.com
Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center
2026-05-22 14:24 UTC -
web:www.cve.org
At cve .org, we provide the authoritative reference method for publicly known information-security vulnerabilities and exposures
2026-05-22 14:24 UTC -
web:www.computerweekly.com
Microsoft has dropped a grand total of 57 fixes to mark the third Patch Tuesday update of 2025 - rising to closer to 70 when third-party vulns are taken into account - including six zero-days ...
2026-05-22 03:26 UTC -
web:portal.msrc.microsoft.com
The Security Update Guide provides information on the latest Microsoft security updates, helping users understand and address potential vulnerabilities effectively.
2026-05-22 03:26 UTC -
web:www.bleepingcomputer.com
Today is Microsoft's March 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 57 flaws, including six actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities.
2026-05-22 03:26 UTC -
web:blog.qualys.com
March 2025 Patch Tuesday is here, and Microsoft has rolled out critical security updates that address multiple vulnerabilities across its product suite.
2026-05-22 03:26 UTC -
web:www.computerworld.com
Each month, the team at Readiness analyzes the latest Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and provides detailed, actionable testing guidance. The company's Patch Tuesday release for February ...
2026-05-22 03:26 UTC -
web:www.experts-exchange.com
Learn more about Resolving Sweet32, Birthday Attacks on Windows Servers Via GPO from the expert community at Experts Exchange
2026-05-22 03:26 UTC -
web:www.pcworld.com
Microsoft fixed 58 security vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday, including several that are already being exploited in the wild.
2026-05-22 03:26 UTC -
web:www.securityweek.com
Microsoft has rolled out fixes for 83 vulnerabilities in its products, including a critical bug, but none of them require urgent attention.
2026-05-22 03:26 UTC -
web:www.techrepublic.com
Microsoft's March Patch Tuesday fixes 78 vulnerabilities, including Office preview pane flaws, an Excel Copilot data leak risk, and an AI-discovered 9.8 severity bug.
2026-05-22 03:26 UTC -
web:www.tomshardware.com
Installing this month's Windows Server security update has knocked some enterprise domain controllers into continuous reboot cycles, Microsoft confirmed in a release health dashboard entry.
2026-05-22 03:26 UTC
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