Apereo Central Authentication Service (CAS) Server before 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to conduct LDAP injection attacks via a crafted use…

published 2015-02-10 11y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-1311

cvss: 7.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.8%; EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits: 0; none known

Apereo Central Authentication Service (CAS) Server before 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to conduct LDAP injection attacks via a crafted username, as demonstrated by using a wildcard and a valid password to bypass LDAP authentication.

Patch / fix

links 2

github.com/Jasig/cas@7de61b4 commit
github.com/Jasig/cas#411 pull request

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Exploit prediction

2.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/87 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130053/CAS-Server-3.5.2-LDAP-Authentication-Bypass.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
issues.jasig.org https://issues.jasig.org/browse/CAS-1429 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2015-1169
NVD CVE-2015-1169

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