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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
What the vulnerability does
The Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet the Team Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Social URLs in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.2 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.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
The Employee Spotlight plugin for WordPress contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to 5.1.2. An authenticated user with low privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of other site visitors, potentially compromising their sessions or stealing sensitive data. The vulnerability affects the entire site scope due to how the plugin processes and displays user-submitted content.
What an attacker can do
Inject malicious JavaScript that runs in other users' browsers when they view affected plugin content.
Potential impact on your site
Visitors to pages displaying the plugin's content may have their sessions hijacked or credentials stolen by injected scripts.
Conditions required to exploit
Attacker must have a low-privilege WordPress account (e.g., contributor or subscriber role).
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