{"id":72849,"date":"2025-09-08T06:14:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T06:14:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-03T21:25:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T03:25:25","slug":"cve-2025-53583-untrusted-data-deserialization-vulnerability-in-employee-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53583-untrusted-data-deserialization-vulnerability-in-employee-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-53583: Untrusted Data Deserialization Vulnerability in Employee Spotlight<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity landscape is ever-evolving, with new vulnerabilities emerging regularly. One such vulnerability that has recently been identified and is worth discussing is CVE-2025-53583. This vulnerability pertains to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-42966-sap-netweaver-xml-data-archiving-service-java-deserialization-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80616\">deserialization of untrusted data<\/a> in emarket-design&#8217;s Employee Spotlight product. In essence, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55205-namespace-label-injection-vulnerability-in-capsule-kubernetes-framework\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80498\">vulnerability allows for Object Injection<\/a>, posing a significant risk to users of the product.<br \/>\nThis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-51055-insecure-data-storage-vulnerability-in-vedo-suite-version-2024-17\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81567\">vulnerability impacts versions<\/a> of Employee Spotlight up to and including 5.1.1. It&#8217;s a concern because it carries the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5997-privileged-api-misuse-leads-to-potential-system-compromise-in-beamsec-phishpro\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80823\">potential for a system compromise<\/a> or data leakage, which could have severe consequences for organizations using the software. The gravity of the situation is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55422-high-severity-reflected-xss-vulnerability-in-foxcms-1-2-6\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88639\">reflected in its CVSS Severity<\/a> Score of 8.1, indicating a high level of severity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-53583<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-22404-potential-system-compromise-due-to-use-after-free-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85603\">System compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3355713220\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Employee Spotlight | up to and including 5.1.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54014-high-risk-deserialization-vulnerability-in-quanticalabs-medicenter-health-medical-clinic\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81745\">vulnerability pertains to the deserialization<\/a> of untrusted data, which is a common issue in web applications. In this case, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53572-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-wp-easy-contact\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85851\">untrusted data<\/a> is not properly validated by the Employee Spotlight software. An attacker can exploit this by sending malicious serialized objects to the application, which then deserializes it, leading to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8145-php-object-injection-vulnerability-in-redirection-for-contact-form-7-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82032\">Object Injection<\/a>.<br \/>\nObject Injection can result in various attacks, such as code execution, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30998-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-rico-macchi-wp-links-page\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80500\">SQL Injection<\/a>, Path Traversal, and Denial of Service, depending on the context. In this case, it could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-45134-critical-vulnerability-in-mahara-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82933\">lead to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-478314596\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is a conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited. This is a sample HTTP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49382-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-jobzilla-wordpress-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81157\">request that an attacker could send to a vulnerable<\/a> endpoint:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/EmployeeSpotlight\/api\/items HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerableserver.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;serializedObject&quot;: &quot;rO0ABXNyAC5qYXZhLnV0aWwuSGFzaE1hcAUH2sHDFmDRAwACRgAKbG9hZEZhY3RvckkACXRocmVzaG9sZHhwP0AAAAAAAAx3CAAAABAAAAAAeHIAJmtvcm5lLnNlcnZlci5Db21tYW5kSW5qZWN0aW9uQXR0YWNrAHzl5Z6pi4ACAARMAANjbWR0ABJMamF2YS9sYW5nL1N0cmluZzt4cHQACG5ldHN0YXQuZXhl&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Note that the &#8220;serializedObject&#8221; in the payload is a Base64 encoded serialized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7388-remote-command-execution-via-java-rmi-interface-in-openedge-adminserver\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87033\">Java object that represents a malicious command<\/a>. The actual content of this object would be crafted by the attacker to exploit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45968-insecure-direct-object-reference-vulnerability-in-system-pdv-v1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83014\">deserialization<\/a> vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity landscape is ever-evolving, with new vulnerabilities emerging regularly. One such vulnerability that has recently been identified and is worth discussing is CVE-2025-53583. This vulnerability pertains to the deserialization of untrusted data in emarket-design&#8217;s Employee Spotlight product. 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