Hello everyone, hope you’re doing awesome! 🌟
Welcome back to my Medium series, The Injection Chronicles.

So far, we’ve journeyed through the wild world of RCE, OS Injection, XML Injection, and Blind SQL Injection. Each one had its own tricks, dangers, and “uh-oh” moments.

Today, we dive into a lesser-known but equally sneaky vulnerability: LDAP Injection. 🕵️‍♂️💻

It may not sound as flashy as Remote Code Execution or as dramatic as SQLi, but don’t be fooled — this one can quietly hand over the keys to your entire directory if you’re not careful.

Let’s unravel how a seemingly harmless login form can become a backstage pass to your internal systems — all thanks to a few tricky characters and an overly trusting LDAP query…

One afternoon, I was testing a login page for fun (more curious than broke). I typed in a username and password and… something strange happened. Without even completing the password, the site logged me in as an administrator! 😲 I felt like I had found a secret backdoor. How? It turned out I had unwittingly stumbled upon a thing called LDAP Injection, a sneaky trick that can turn harmless-looking login forms into security nightmares.