Stored cross-site scripting in LDAP Account Manager - CVE-2022-24851
Published: July 7, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU64959
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24851
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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. A remote attacker can permanently inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
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.
Affected software
LDAP Account Manager
ldap-account-manager (Debian package)
ldap-account-manager (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2022-24851
Install update from vendor's website.
LDAP Account Manager - update to 7.9.1
ldap-account-manager (Debian package) - update to 8.0.1-0+deb11u1
ldap-account-manager (Debian package) - update to 8.0.1-0+deb11u1