Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Campus Directory Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-5532

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Campus Directory – Faculty, Staff & Student Directory Plugin For WordPress
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 June 2025

What is CVE-2025-5532?

The Campus Directory – Faculty, Staff & Student Directory Plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping for the 'emd_mb_meta' shortcode. This vulnerability allows authenticated users with contributor-level access and higher to inject arbitrary scripts into web pages. Consequently, when a user accesses any affected page, the injected script executes, potentially compromising the site's security and user data.

Affected Version(s)

Campus Directory – Faculty, Staff & Student Directory Plugin for WordPress * <= 1.9.0

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

muhammad yudha
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CVE-2025-5532 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Campus Directory Plugin for WordPress