CVE-2025-53583 HIGH

CVE-2025-53583: WordPress Employee Spotlight Plugin <= 5.1.1 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

Vendor Emarket-Design
Product Employee Spotlight
Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization
Published August 28, 2025
Last update April 28, 2026
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CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in emarket-design Employee Spotlight employee-spotlight allows Object Injection.This issue affects Employee Spotlight: from n/a through <= 5.1.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Employee Spotlight versions 5.1.1 and earlier contain a deserialization vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server. The vulnerability requires specific network conditions to exploit but does not require user interaction. Attackers can read sensitive data, modify site content, or disrupt service availability.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Execute arbitrary code on the server, read sensitive data, modify content, or crash the site.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Complete compromise of the site: data theft, malware injection, or service disruption without warning.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access to the vulnerable application; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

August 28, 2025 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated