CVE-2025-5531 Staff Directory – Employee Directory for WordPress <= 4.5.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via a shortcode, leading to code execution when other users view the page.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-5531?
CVE-2025-5531 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in emarket-design Employee Directory – Staff & Team Directory, published on 4 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'emd_mb_meta' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5531?
How do I fix CVE-2025-5531?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5531 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-5531 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5531 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rqj6-3rf8-6pgx.