CVE-2023-4505

Public Exploit

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.

2.2

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 3.1 •

EPSS 0.59%

Third-Party Advisory medium.com Third-Party Advisory wordfence.com

Affected: cyberlord92 Staff / Employee Business Directory for Active Directory

References

Link	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ea40b96-4693-4f98-8e6e-2ed8186cedd8?source=cve	third party advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ldap-ad-staff-employee-directory-search/	product
https://medium.com/%40cybertrinchera/cve-2023-4506-cve-2023-4505-ldap-passback-on-miniorange-plugins-ca7328c84313	third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-4505?: CVE-2023-4505 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-4505?: To fix CVE-2023-4505, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-4505 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2023-4505 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2023-4505?: CVE-2023-4505 affects cyberlord92 Staff / Employee Business Directory for Active Directory.

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