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Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet the Team Plugin <= 5.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2025-12090 · employee-spotlight

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Vulnerability: Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet the Team Plugin <= 5.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Affected software: employee-spotlight(Plugin)
Affected versions: ≤ 5.1.2
Authentication: Authenticated (see advisory title)
Vulnerability type: Cross-site scripting
CVE: CVE-2025-12090
Published: 31 October 2025
CISA KEV: Not listed in CISA KEV at last catalog refresh
Impact: May allow attackers to run scripts in visitors' browsers or hijack admin sessions.
Source: Data imported from Wordfence Intelligence (advisory 45d7fe64-c51b-4801-a190-92396e5db27d). Methodology and redistribution notes

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