Auth bypass in Cyberlord92 Staff/employee Business Directory For Active
CVE-2023-4505
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.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 2.2 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.002
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ea40b96-4693-4f98-8e6e-2ed81… (Third Party Advisory)
- wordpress.org/plugins/ldap-ad-staff-employee-directory-search/ (Product)
- medium.com/@cybertrinchera/cve-2023-4506-cve-2023-4505-ldap-passback-on-miniora… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2973020/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-4505?
- CVE-2023-4505 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cyberlord92 Staff/employee Business Directory For Active, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 2.2/10. Published 2023-09-27.
- How severe is CVE-2023-4505?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-4505 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.