Mastodon's blind LDAP injection in login allows the attacker to leak arbitrary attributes from LDAP database
CVE-2023-28853
7.7HIGH
What is CVE-2023-28853?
The Mastodon social network server allows insecure LDAP configuration for user authentication. Versions from 2.5.0 until 3.5.8, 4.0.4, and 4.1.2 are susceptible to LDAP injection attacks. Under this vulnerability, an attacker can manipulate the LDAP query made during login, potentially leading to the exposure of sensitive attributes from the LDAP database. Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to the latest versions to mitigate the risk.
Affected Version(s)
mastodon >= 2.5.0, < 3.5.8 < 2.5.0, 3.5.8
mastodon >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.4 < 4.0.0, 4.0.4
mastodon >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.2 < 4.1.0, 4.1.2