diff --git a/pkg/catalog/config/constants.go b/pkg/catalog/config/constants.go
index 0ee9f437bb..113cb11509 100644
--- a/pkg/catalog/config/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/catalog/config/constants.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const (
 	CLIConfigFileName               = "config.yaml"
 	ReportingConfigFilename         = "reporting-config.yaml"
 	// Version is the current version of nuclei
-	Version = `v3.2.9`
+	Version = `v3.3.0-dev`
 	// Directory Names of custom templates
 	CustomS3TemplatesDirName     = "s3"
 	CustomGitHubTemplatesDirName = "github"
diff --git a/pkg/js/libs/ldap/ldap.go b/pkg/js/libs/ldap/ldap.go
index 5f03611cb2..31afa232d0 100644
--- a/pkg/js/libs/ldap/ldap.go
+++ b/pkg/js/libs/ldap/ldap.go
@@ -205,11 +205,18 @@ func (c *Client) AuthenticateWithNTLMHash(username, hash string) {
 // ```
 func (c *Client) Search(filter string, attributes ...string) []map[string][]string {
 	c.nj.Require(c.conn != nil, "no existing connection")
+	c.nj.Require(c.BaseDN != "", "base dn cannot be empty")
+	c.nj.Require(len(attributes) > 0, "attributes cannot be empty")
 
 	res, err := c.conn.Search(
 		ldap.NewSearchRequest(
-			c.BaseDN, ldap.ScopeWholeSubtree, ldap.NeverDerefAliases,
-			0, 0, false, filter, attributes, nil,
+			"",
+			ldap.ScopeBaseObject,
+			ldap.NeverDerefAliases,
+			0, 0, false,
+			filter,
+			attributes,
+			nil,
 		),
 	)
 	c.nj.HandleError(err, "ldap search request failed")