eLDAPo index.php Plaintext Password Disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11758

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Synopsis

A web application running on the remote host has an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is hosting eLDAPo, a PHP-based CGI suite designed to perform LDAP queries.

This application stores the passwords to the LDAP server in plaintext in its source file. An attacker can read the source code of index.php and use the information contained to gain credentials on a third-party server.

Solution

Upgade to eLDAPo 1.18 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11758

File Name: eldapo_plaintext_passwords.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/18/2003

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Reference Information

BID: 7535

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