Deserialization Vulnerability in Employee Directory Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-53243

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin For WordPress
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 August 2025

What is CVE-2025-53243?

A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability has been identified in the Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress. This vulnerability allows for potential object injection, posing risks to the integrity of the application. Users of versions up to 4.5.3 should be aware that this issue could allow an attacker to exploit the deserialization mechanism, leading to unauthorized actions within the system.

Affected Version(s)

Employee Directory – Staff Listing &amp; Team Directory Plugin for WordPress <= 4.5.3

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/employee...
vdb-entry

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Martino Spagnuolo (r3verii) (Patchstack Alliance)
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CVE-2025-53243 : Deserialization Vulnerability in Employee Directory Plugin for WordPress