CVE-2025-53583

HIGHNVD 8.18.1—

8.1

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.

CVSS v3: 8.1
EG Score: 8.1(medium)
EPSS: 28.0%
KEV: Not listed

Published

August 28, 2025

Last Modified

April 23, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated May 6, 2026

No patch confirmed yet.

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PHP Object Injection in WordPress Employee Spotlight Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/employee-spotlight/vulnerability/wordpress-employee-spotlight-plugin-5-1-1-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-53583?

CVE-2025-53583 is a high vulnerability published on August 28, 2025. 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.

When was CVE-2025-53583 disclosed?

CVE-2025-53583 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 28, 2025, with the most recent update on April 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-53583 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-53583 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 28.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-53583?

CVE-2025-53583 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-53583?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-53583, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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CVE-2025-53583

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PHP Object Injection in WordPress Employee Spotlight Plugin - Patchstack

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