LDAP Integration with Active Directory and OpenLDAP - NTLM & Kerberos Login Extension ldap injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in LDAP Integration with Active Directory and OpenLDAP - NTLM & Kerberos Login Extension on Joomla. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument Username results in ldap injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-23749. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in LDAP Integration with Active Directory and OpenLDAP - NTLM & Kerberos Login Extension on Joomla (Directory Service Software) (version now known). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument username with an unknown input leads to a ldap injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-90. The product constructs all or part of an LDAP query using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended LDAP query when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The 'LDAP Integration with Active Directory and OpenLDAP - NTLM & Kerberos Login' extension is vulnerable to LDAP Injection since is not properly sanitizing the 'username' POST parameter. An attacker can manipulate this paramter to dump arbitrary contents form the LDAP Database.

The weakness was presented 01/18/2023. The advisory is shared for download at extensions.joomla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-23749 since 01/17/2023. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Ldap injection
CWE: CWE-90 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

01/17/2023 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: extensions.joomla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-23749 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23749
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-218868

Entryinfo

Created: 01/18/2023 08:17
Updated: 04/04/2025 00:39
Changes: 01/18/2023 08:17 (36), 01/18/2023 08:19 (1), 02/14/2023 20:05 (11), 04/04/2025 00:39 (16)
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