DokuWiki before 2014-05-05d and before 2014-09-29c does not properly check permissions…
Priority LOW 34CWE-284Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
DokuWiki before 2014-05-05d and before 2014-09-29c does not properly check permissions for the ACL plugins, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges and add or delete ACL rules via a request to the XMLRPC API.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02862 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:dokuwiki:dokuwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2014-05-05 to before 2014-05-05d; 2014-09-29 to before 2014-09-29c | Vulnerable | DokuWiki |
- cpe:2.3:a:dokuwiki:dokuwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2014-05-05 to before 2014-05-05d; 2014-09-29 to before 2014-09-29c Vulnerable ·DokuWiki
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-2172
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8xqm-cgj8-jqmr
References
Advisory 8
- https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/issues/1056
- FEDORA-2015-3079
- https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/commit/4970ad24ce49ec76a0ee67bca7594f918ced2f5f
- https://www.dokuwiki.org/changes
- FEDORA-2015-3186
- FEDORA-2015-3211
- [oss-security] 20150301 Re: CVE request: DokuWiki privilege escalation in RPC API
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0093.html
More Dokuwiki vulnerabilities
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- TI-2019-15392 Dokuwiki 2018-04-22b - Username Enumeration CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2009-01868 inc/init.php in DokuWiki 2009-02-14, rc2009-02-06, and rc2009-01-30, when… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2023-17236 DokuWiki before 2023-04-04a allows XSS via RSS titles. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2018-11034 CSV Injection (aka Excel Macro Injection or Formula Injection) in… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2010-00275 A typo in the administrator permission check in the ACL Manager plugin… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2015-2172 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-2172 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8xqm-cgj8-jqmr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2015-2172 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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