CVE-2025-8295 Employee Directory <= 4.5.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via noaccess_msg Parameter
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the noaccess_msg parameter, leading to script execution on victim pages.
- 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-2025-8295?
CVE-2025-8295 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in emarket-design Employee Directory – Staff & Team Directory, published on 5 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8295?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8295?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8295 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-2025-8295 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8295 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f5cw-4j98-h366.