# CVE-2024-9101: phpLDAPadmin: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in entry\_chooser.php

- Severity: CVSS 2.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-12-19 · Updated: 2024-12-20

## Affected

- phpLDAPadmin: 1.2.1, 1.2.6.7

## Description

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 'Entry Chooser' of phpLDAPadmin (version 1.2.1 through the latest version, 1.2.6.7) allows attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the user's browser via the 'element' parameter, which is unsafely passed to the JavaScript 'eval' function. However, exploitation is limited to specific conditions where 'opener' is correctly set.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on phpLDAPadmin, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.redguard.ch/blog/2024/12/19/security-advisory-phpldapadmin/
- https://github.com/leenooks/phpLDAPadmin/commit/f713afc8d164169516c91b0988531f2accb9bce6#diff-c2d6d7678ada004e704ee055169395a58227aaec86a6f75fa74ca18ff49bca44R27
- https://github.com/leenooks/phpLDAPadmin/blob/master/htdocs/entry_chooser.php
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpldapadmin/files/phpldapadmin-php5/1.2.1/

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