🛡️ CVE-2023-4506 — -ldap-integration
Description
The Active Directory Integration / LDAP Integration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to LDAP Passback in versions up to, and including, 4.1.10. 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.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.
Weakness class
CVE-2023-4506 is classified as CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function. A sensitive function can be reached without authenticating at all.
Affected software
CVE-2023-4506 is recorded against 1 package.
- active-directory-integration-\/-ldap-integration (fixed in 4.1.10)
Timeline and source
Published on 27 September 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.
References
medium.com
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com
medium.com
wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| active-directory-integration-\/-ldap-integration | — | 4.1.10 |
References
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