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Employee Spotlight <= 5.1.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection

CVE-2025-53583 · employee-spotlight

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Vulnerability: Employee Spotlight <= 5.1.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
Affected software: employee-spotlight(Plugin)
Affected versions: ≤ 5.1.1
Authentication: Unauthenticated
Vulnerability type: Other
CVE: CVE-2025-53583
Published: 25 August 2025
CISA KEV: Not listed in CISA KEV at last catalog refresh
Impact: This advisory describes a other issue in the affected software. Review the source advisory and your installed version to assess exposure.
Source: Data imported from Wordfence Intelligence (advisory 23ece2d6-5eff-4897-ab4b-56443b77fdf0). Methodology and redistribution notes

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