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.
Published: 2025-08-05
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored XSS that allows authenticated users to inject scripts executed on page view
Action: Apply Patch
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-23605 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.
History

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Emarketdesign
Emarketdesign employee Directory
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Emarketdesign
Emarketdesign employee Directory
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 05 Aug 2025 07:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Employee Directory <= 4.5.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via noaccess_msg Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Emarketdesign Employee Directory
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:59:19.630Z

Reserved: 2025-07-28T22:40:14.288Z

Link: CVE-2025-8295

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-05T14:52:23.160Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-08-05T08:15:27.150

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-8295

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-21T03:45:27Z

Weaknesses