CVE-2023-4757

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

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Published Jan 16, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Staff / Employee Business Directory for Active Directory

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.2.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:miniorange:staff_\/_employee_business_directory_for_active_directory:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.461% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0b953413-cf41-4de7-ac1f-c6cb995fb158/

History

Jun 20, 2025 5:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Miniorange Staff \/ Employee Business Directory For Active Directory

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jun 20, 2025, 5:06 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Jan 16, 2024, 3:56 PM
Updated: Jun 20, 2025, 5:06 PM
Reserved: Sep 4, 2023, 11:54 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:37 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:37 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:38 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 16, 2024, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:38 AM

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