CVE-2025-8295 json
Employee Directory <= 4.5.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via noaccess_msg Parameter
published 2025-08-05 15 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-23605
- cvss
- 6.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 15 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- emarket-design Employee Directory – Staff & Team Directory
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d06d721-ab48-43ae-81d6-bd0b3177a7bf?source=cve
- wordpress.org /plugins/employee-directory/#developers
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/employee-directory/tags/4.5.1/includes/emd-form-builder-lite/emd-form-frontend.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3336753/
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-8295
- NVD CVE-2025-8295
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.