CVE-2025-53243
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.1
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2025-08-28 13:16:02.410000
Last modified
2026-10-18 21:10:00.120000
View original CVE JSON
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2025-08-28T13:16:02.410",
"lastModified": "2026-10-18T21:10:00.120",
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},
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"value": "Vulnerabilidad de deserialización de datos no confiables en el plugin emarket-design Employee Directory - Staff Listing & Team Directory para WordPress permite la inyección de objetos. Este problema afecta al plugin Employee Directory - Staff Listing & Team Directory para WordPress: desde n/a hasta 4.5.3."
}
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"baseScore": 8.1,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"attackComplexity": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
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"type": "Secondary",
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"references": [
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"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/employee-directory/vulnerability/wordpress-employee-directory-staff-listing-team-directory-plugin-for-wordpress-plugin-4-5-2-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}