HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-1960

Dokuwiki vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
23.2%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
inc/init.php in DokuWiki 2009-02-14, rc2009-02-06, and rc2009-01-30, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via the config_cascade[main][default][] parameter to doku.php. NOTE: PHP remote file inclusion is also possible in PHP 5 using ftp:// URLs.
Affected vendor
Dokuwiki
Affected product
Dokuwiki
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-06-08

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 23.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Dokuwiki Dokuwiki is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-1960.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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