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CVE-2025-53243

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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
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  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2025-08-28T13:16:02.410",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-18T21:10:00.120",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "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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          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "collectionURL": "https://wordpress.org/plugins",
          "packageName": "employee-directory",
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              "lessThanOrEqual": "4.5.5",
              "versionType": "custom",
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          "baseScore": 8.1,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
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}