How severe is CVE-2025-13403?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Emarket-Design Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet The Plugin

CVE-2025-13403

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.002 (10.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Emarket-design Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet The Plugin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-13403?: CVE-2025-13403 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emarket-Design Employee Spotlight – Team Member Showcase & Meet The Plugin, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-13403?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.