CVE Details
Basic Information
| Title | Employee Directory <= 4.5.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via noaccess_msg Parameter |
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| Type | cve |
| Published | 2025-08-05T07:24:15.940Z |
| Modified | 2025-08-05T07:24:15.940Z |
Product Information
| Vendor | emarket-design |
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| Product | Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress |
| Version | * |
CVSS Information
| Base Score | 6.4 (MEDIUM) |
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| Attack Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
AI Analysis
| AI Description | The Employee Directory WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) due to insufficient input sanitization. This allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access to inject malicious scripts, which execute when users access the affected pages. |
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| AI Severity | Medium |
| AI Vendor | WordPress Community |
| AI Product | Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress |
| AI Version | 4.5.1 |
Affected Products
- emarket-design Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress *
Additional Information
| CWE List | CWE-79 |
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| Source | Wordfence |
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.
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d06d721-ab48-43ae-81d6-bd0b3177a7bf?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/employee-directory/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/employee-directory/tags/4.5.1/includes/emd-form-builder-lite/emd-form-frontend.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3336753/