CVE-2018-12689 is a critical LDAP injection vulnerability affecting phpLDAPadmin version 1.2.2. It allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious LDAP queries through a crafted server_id parameter in a login request or via manipulated username and password fields during login. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no public exploit code available, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phpldapadmin_project:phpldapadmin:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.