CVE-2023-41655 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Andreas Heigl authLdap plugin <= 2.5.9 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Heiglandreas	Authldap

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:heiglandreas:authldap:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/authldap/wordpress-authldap-plugin-2-5-8-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Heiglandreas Heiglandreas authldap
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:andreas.heigl:authldap::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:heiglandreas:authldap::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products	Andreas.heigl Andreas.heigl authldap	Heiglandreas Heiglandreas authldap

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-09-29T13:24:57.407Z

Updated: 2024-09-20T16:01:17.550Z

Reserved: 2023-08-30T13:02:20.619Z

Link: CVE-2023-41655

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:01:35.368Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-09-29T14:15:10.273

Modified: 2026-03-06T19:52:38.167

Link: CVE-2023-41655

Redhat

No data.

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