LDAPAccountManager lam up to 9.2 Profile Section profile name cross site scripting

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in LDAPAccountManager lam up to 9.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Profile Section. Executing a manipulation of the argument profile name can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-58174. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in LDAPAccountManager lam up to 9.2. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Profile Section. The manipulation of the argument profile name with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

LDAP Account Manager (LAM) is a webfrontend for managing entries stored in an LDAP directory. LAM before 9.3 allows stored cross-site scripting in the Profile section via the profile name field, which renders untrusted input as HTML and executes a supplied script (for example a script element). An authenticated user with permission to create or edit a profile can insert a script payload into the profile name and have it executed when the profile data is viewed in a browser. This issue is fixed in version 9.3. No known workarounds are mentioned.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-58174 since 08/27/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 265287 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-58174), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 9.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (265287). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Directory Service Software

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• LDAPAccountManager

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• lam

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• 9.0
• 9.1
• 9.2

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• Product: https://github.com/LDAPAccountManager/lam/

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