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GHSA-CJ4R-MXQ9-XGX5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-16 18:31 – Updated: 2025-06-20 21:31

Details

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.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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  ],
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    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-cj4r-mxq9-xgx5",
  "modified": "2025-06-20T21:31:40Z",
  "published": "2024-01-16T18:31:10Z",
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    },
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    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
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CVE-2023-4757 (GCVE-0-2023-4757)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-16 15:56 – Updated: 2025-06-20 17:06

Title

Staff / Employee Business Directory for Active Directory < 1.2.3 - Improper escaping of LDAP entries

Summary

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

WPScan

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0b953413-cf41-4d…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Staff / Employee Business Directory for Active Directory	Affected: 0 , < 1.2.3 (semver)

Credits

Pedro José Navas Pérez from Hispasec WPScan

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              "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
              "integrityImpact": "LOW",
              "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
              "scope": "CHANGED",
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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-CJ4R-MXQ9-XGX5

CVE-2023-4757 (GCVE-0-2023-4757)

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