Staff / Employee Business Directory for Active Directory <= 1.2.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) LDAP Passback
Vulnerability Description
The Staff / Employee Business Directory for Active Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to LDAP Passback in versions up to, and including, 1.2.3. This is due to insufficient validation when changing the LDAP server. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrative access and above, to change the LDAP server and retrieve the credentials for the original LDAP server.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Pedro José Navas Pérez
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ea40b96-4693-4f98-8e6e-2ed8186cedd8?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ldap-ad-staff-employee-directory-search/
- https://medium.com/%40cybertrinchera/cve-2023-4506-cve-2023-4505-ldap-passback-on-miniorange-plugins-ca7328c84313
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2973020/
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