Description
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.
Problem types
Product status
* (semver)
Timeline
| 2025-11-19: | Vendor Notified |
| 2025-12-12: | Disclosed |
Credits
Abhirup Konwar
References
www.wordfence.com/...-8c31-45bb-a869-68e357299eb5?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../plugin-feedback-functions.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../plugin-feedback-functions.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...potlight&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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