CVE-2023-5003

Active Directory Integration / LDAP Integration <= 4.1.9 - Unauthenticated Information Disclosure

2023-09-25 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 4.1.10
Affected Plugin: Active Directory Integration / LDAP Integration
Affected Version: <= 4.1.9
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-538 · Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory
CVE: CVE-2023-5003

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At a glance

CVE-2023-5003 is a medium-severity Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory vulnerability in the Active Directory Integration / LDAP Integration WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.1.9. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 4.1.10; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2023, reported by Pedro José Navas Pérez.

Vulnerability Overview

The Active Directory Integration / LDAP Integration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.9 via log files that are left over and not deleted. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract potentially sensitive data including errors and information contained in the plugin's log files.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-538: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory

The product places sensitive information into files or directories that are accessible to actors who are allowed to have access to the files, but not to the sensitive information.

Remediation

Update to version 4.1.10, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Active Directory Integration / LDAP Integration 4.1.10 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5003 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8a15ab92-2142-43cb-9600-f4cfa164de31 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5003

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Active Directory Integration / LDAP Integration

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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