Vulnerability · Published Jan 16, 2024 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2023-4757Staff / Employee Business Directory for Active Directory < 1.2.3 - Improper escaping of LDAP entries
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Staff / Employee Business Directory for Active Directory from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Staff / Employee Business Directory for Active Directory WordPress plugin before 1.2.3 does not sanitize and escape data returned from the LDAP server before rendering it in the page, allowing users who can control their entries in the LDAP directory to inject malicious javascript which could be used against high-privilege users such as a site admin.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Staff / Employee Business Directory for Active Directory | 0 – before 1.2.3 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0b953413-cf41-4de7-ac1f-c6cb995fb158/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description