Missing authorization in emarket-design Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet the Team Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized tracking settings modification due to missing authorization validation on the employee_spotlight_check_optin() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to enable or disable tracking settings.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| emarket-design | Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet the Team Plugin | up to 5.1.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet the Team Plugin Vendoremarket-design Affected up to 5.1.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13403
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mf2h-xr3m-x8jf
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/19738a82-8c31-45bb-a869-68e357299eb5?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/employee-spotlight/trunk/includes/plugin-feedback-functions.php#L19
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/employee-spotlight/tags/5.1.3/includes/plugin-feedback-functions.php#L19
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3418117%40employee-spotlight&new=3418117%40employee-spotlight&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More emarket-design vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-05779 Request a Quote < 2.4.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2026-12634 Customer Support Ticket System & Helpdesk <= 6.0.5 - Unauthenticated Code Injection via 'path' Parameter CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-08619 WP Ticket <= 6.0.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via WordPress Search 's' Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-02068 Request a Quote <= 2.3.7 - CSV Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-12066 Request a Quote Form Plugin <= 2.5.5 - Unauthenticated Code Injection via 'path' Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-07706 Multiple Plugins by emarket-design <= Multiple Versions - Unauthenticated Limited Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-13403 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-13403 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mf2h-xr3m-x8jf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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