Resource allocation without limits in DokuWiki
Priority HIGH 72CWE-770Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
An issue in Dokuwiki v.2025-05-14b "Librarian" [56.2] allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the media_upload_xhr() function in the media.php file
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0046 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-26477
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gwpq-c4hc-7qhj
References
More Dokuwiki vulnerabilities
- 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
- TI-2017-13324 The call parameter of /lib/exe/ajax.php in DokuWiki through 2017-02-19e does not properly… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-26477 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-26477 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gwpq-c4hc-7qhj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-26477 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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