DokuWiki up to Release 2006-03-09e Permission Check lib/plugins/acl/ajax.php ns access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in DokuWiki. Affected is an unknown function of the file lib/plugins/acl/ajax.php of the component Permission Check. This manipulation of the argument ns causes access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2010-0288. In addition, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in DokuWiki (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file lib/plugins/acl/ajax.php of the component Permission Check. The manipulation of the argument ns with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A typo in the administrator permission check in the ACL Manager plugin (plugins/acl/ajax.php) in DokuWiki before 2009-12-25b allows remote attackers to gain privileges and access closed wikis by editing current ACL statements, as demonstrated in the wild in January 2010.

The weakness was presented 01/13/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0288 since 01/12/2010. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by IHTeam and been published 1 days after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:lib/plugins/acl/ajax.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44059 (DokuWiki ajax.php cmd[del] Parameter Security Bypass), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116876 (Fedora Update for DokuWiki (FEDORA-2010-0800, FEDORA-2010-0770)).

Upgrading to version Release 2009-02-14 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (55661), Exploit-DB (11141), Tenable (44059), SecurityFocus (BID 37820†) and OSVDB (61709†). See VDB-51852 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Name

• DokuWiki

Version

• 01
• 25
• 2005-07-01
• 2005-07-13
• 2005-09-19
• 2005-09-22
• 2006-03-05
• 2006-03-09
• 2006-11-06
• 2007-06-26
• 2007-07-13
• 2008-05-05
• 2009-02-14
• 2009-02-14b
• 2009-12-25c
• 2010-11-07a
• 2011-05-25
• 2011-05-25a
• 2011-05-25c
• 2012
• 2012-01-25
• 2012-01-25a
• 2012-10-13
• 2013-05-10a
• 2013-12-08
• 2014-05-05a
• 2014-05-05c
• 2014-09-29b
• 2014-09-29c
• 2014-09-29d
• 2016-06-26a
• 2022-07-31a
• 2023-04-04a
• 2024-02-06a
• <=2016-06-26a
• <=2017-02-19c
• <=2017-02-19e
• <=2018-04-22a
• <=Release 2005-07-01
• Rc2009-01-30
• Rc2009-02-06
• Release 2004-07-04
• Release 2004-07-07
• Release 2004-07-12
• Release 2004-07-21
• Release 2004-07-25
• Release 2004-08-08
• Release 2004-08-15a
• Release 2004-08-22
• Release 2004-09-12
• Release 2004-09-25
• Release 2004-09-30
• Release 2005-07-01
• Release 2006-03-05
• Release 2006-03-09
• Release 2006-03-09e

License

• open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: IHTeam
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Nessus ID: 44059
Nessus Name: DokuWiki ajax.php cmd[del] Parameter Security Bypass
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OpenVAS ID: 66820
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: dokuwiki
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: DokuWiki Release 2009-02-14

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01/12/2010 🔍
01/13/2010 +1 days 🔍
01/13/2010 +0 days 🔍
01/14/2010 +1 days 🔍
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01/27/2010 +8 days 🔍
02/15/2010 +19 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1857 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0288 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0288
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51853

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X-Force: 55661
SecurityFocus: 37820
Secunia: 38183 - DokuWiki Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 61709 - DokuWiki lib/plugins/acl/ajax.php ns Parameter Traversal Arbitrary Directory Listing
Vulnerability Center: 24706 - DokuWiki 2009-12-25 Remote Security Restriction Bypass via the ajax.php Script, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-0150

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/30/2026 22:26
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (66), 08/16/2017 04:13 (20), 09/02/2021 09:49 (3), 02/01/2025 21:43 (17), 04/30/2026 22:26 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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