Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Employee Spotlight Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-12090

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet The Team Plugin
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 November 2025

What is CVE-2025-12090?

The Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet the Team Plugin for WordPress is susceptible to stored cross-site scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. This vulnerability allows authenticated users with Contributor-level access and higher to inject malicious web scripts via social URLs, which will execute when any user accesses the affected pages. This poses a significant risk of script execution and potential exploitation if not addressed promptly.

Affected Version(s)

Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet the Team Plugin * <= 5.1.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Athiwat Tiprasaharn
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CVE-2025-12090 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Employee Spotlight Plugin for WordPress