LDAP injection vulnerability in Traccar GPS Tracking System

published 2020-07-14 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-26460

cvss: 7.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits: 0; none known

Traccar GPS Tracking System before version 4.9 has a LDAP injection vulnerability. It occurs when user input is being used in LDAP search filter. By providing specially crafted input, an attacker can modify the logic of the LDAP query and get admin privileges. The issue only impacts instances with LDAP configuration and where users can craft their own names. This has been patched in version 4.9.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

traccar traccar 4.9

github.com/traccar/traccar@e4f6e74 commit

Exploit prediction

0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Traccar Traccar

Classification

Weakness

CWE-90 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query
CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

References

github.com /traccar/traccar/commit/e4f6e74e57ab743b65d49ae00f6624a20ca0291e
patch, third-party-advisory
github.com /traccar/traccar/security/advisories/GHSA-v955-7g22-2p49
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-5246
NVD CVE-2020-5246

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Summary