XSS in LDAP Account Manager

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU65014

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2007-1840

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in lib/modules.inc. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact, probably cross-site scripting (XSS).

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..

Vulnerable software versions

LDAP Account Manager: 0.4.7 - 1.2.0

External links

http://lam.cvs.sourceforge.net/lam/lam/lib/modules.inc?r1=1.173&r2=1.174
http://lam.sourceforge.net/changelog/index.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/24687
http://secunia.com/advisories/25157
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23190
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1287
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1149
http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33307

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.