{"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":"CVE-2025-53583: Untrusted Data Deserialization Vulnerability in Employee Spotlight<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a> in emarket-design’s Employee Spotlight product. In essence, this vulnerability allows for Object Injection<\/a>, posing a significant risk to users of the product.
\nThis vulnerability impacts versions<\/a> of Employee Spotlight up to and including 5.1.1. It’s a concern because it carries the 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 reflected in its CVSS Severity<\/a> Score of 8.1, indicating a high level of severity.<\/p>\n

Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

CVE ID: CVE-2025-53583
\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.1)
\nAttack Vector: Network
\nPrivileges Required: Low
\nUser Interaction: None
\nImpact: System compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n

Affected Products<\/strong><\/p>\n

Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n

Employee Spotlight | up to and including 5.1.1<\/p>\n

How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n

The vulnerability pertains to the deserialization<\/a> of untrusted data, which is a common issue in web applications. In this case, 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 Object Injection<\/a>.
\nObject Injection can result in various attacks, such as code execution, SQL Injection<\/a>, Path Traversal, and Denial of Service, depending on the context. In this case, it could lead to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n

Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is a conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited. This is a sample HTTP request that an attacker could send to a vulnerable<\/a> endpoint:<\/p>\n

POST \/EmployeeSpotlight\/api\/items HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerableserver.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ \"serializedObject\": \"rO0ABXNyAC5qYXZhLnV0aWwuSGFzaE1hcAUH2sHDFmDRAwACRgAKbG9hZEZhY3RvckkACXRocmVzaG9sZHhwP0AAAAAAAAx3CAAAABAAAAAAeHIAJmtvcm5lLnNlcnZlci5Db21tYW5kSW5qZWN0aW9uQXR0YWNrAHzl5Z6pi4ACAARMAANjbWR0ABJMamF2YS9sYW5nL1N0cmluZzt4cHQACG5ldHN0YXQuZXhl\" }<\/code><\/pre>\n
Note that the “serializedObject” in the payload is a Base64 encoded serialized Java object that represents a malicious command<\/a>. The actual content of this object would be crafted by the attacker to exploit the deserialization<\/a> vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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