CVE-2023-4505: cyberlord92 staff/employee business directory for active directory
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-4505 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) vulnerability in cyberlord92 staff/employee business directory for active directory. EPSS estimates a 0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 1.3.
Timeline
- 26-09-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Staff / Employee Business Directory for Active Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to LDAP Passback in versions up to, and including, 1.2.3. This is due to insufficient validation when changing the LDAP server. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrative access and above, to change the LDAP server and retrieve the credentials for the original LDAP server.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA2.2LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NDiffers
- wordfenceSource2.2LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.91%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
60%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.20 pp
From 0.71% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (medium.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Cyberlord921 product
Miniorange1 product
Wordpress1 product
- ldap-ad-staff-employee-directory-search≤ 1.2.3 (fixed in 1.3)
3 vendors · 3 products