THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-2878
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-2878

Dokuwiki vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
13.9%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
The spellchecker (spellcheck.php) in DokuWiki 2006/06/04 and earlier allows remote attackers to insert and execute arbitrary PHP code via "complex curly syntax" that is inserted into a regular expression that is processed by preg_replace with the /e (executable) modifier.
Affected vendor
Andreas Gohr
Affected product
Dokuwiki
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-06-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 13.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-2878

  • Confirm whether Andreas Gohr Dokuwiki is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-2878.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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