phpLDAPadmin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

vendor:

phpLDAPadmin

by:

SecurityFocus

7,5

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: phpLDAPadmin

Affected Version From: 1.2.0.5-2

Affected Version To: 1.2.0.5-2

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:phpldapadmin:phpldapadmin:1.2.0.5-2

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2012

phpLDAPadmin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

phpLDAPadmin is prone to cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage these issues to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that untrusted data is not used to dynamically generate web content.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51794/info

phpLDAPadmin is prone to cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage these issues to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

phpLDAPadmin 1.2.0.5-2 is affected; other versions may also be vulnerable. 

https://www.example.com/phpldapadmin/cmd.php?server_id=<script>alert('XSS')</script>

https://www.example.com/phpldapadmin/index.php?server_id=<script>alert('XSS')</script>&redirect=false