Medium severity · published Aug 5, 2025
CVE-2025-8295
Employee Directory <= 4.5.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via noaccess_msg Parameter
6.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Employee Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘noaccess_msg’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 19% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ED
Employee Directory – Staff & Team Directory · emarket-design
through 4.5.1 · source: vendor
Affected product
ED
Employee Directory – Staff & Team Directory
emarket-design
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8295
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8295
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/employee-directory/tags/4.5.1/includes/emd-form-builder-lite/emd-form-frontend.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3336753/
wordpress.org
https://wordpress.org/plugins/employee-directory/#developers
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d06d721-ab48-43ae-81d6-bd0b3177a7bf?source=cve
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