CVE-2015-2172

Description

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.76% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory dokuwiki.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/issues/1056 third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153266.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/commit/4970ad24ce49ec76a0ee67bca7594f918ced2f5f third party advisory
https://www.dokuwiki.org/changes vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72827 third party advisory vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153062.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152994.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/02/2 third party advisory mailing list
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0093.html third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-2172?
CVE-2015-2172 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-2172?
To fix CVE-2015-2172, 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-2015-2172 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-2172 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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