CVE-2010-0288

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 15.61% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55661 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/61710 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034729.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38183 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-07.xml vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0150 vdb entry
http://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2010-01/17-dokuwiki-security
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1976 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034831.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37820 vdb entry
http://bugs.splitbrain.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=1847
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11141 exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0288?
CVE-2010-0288 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0288?
To fix CVE-2010-0288, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-0288 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-0288 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~16% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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