Low severity2.2NVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-4505
CVE-2023-4505
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:miniorange:staff_\/_employee_business_directory_for_active_directory:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:miniorange:staff_\/_employee_business_directory_for_active_directory:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*range: <1.3
- (no CPE)range: <=1.2.3
Patches
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References
4- medium.com/%40cybertrinchera/cve-2023-4506-cve-2023-4505-ldap-passback-on-miniorange-plugins-ca7328c84313nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ea40b96-4693-4f98-8e6e-2ed8186cedd8nvdThird Party Advisory
- wordpress.org/plugins/ldap-ad-staff-employee-directory-search/nvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2973020/nvd
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