National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2878

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_042006.119.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_042006.119.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20429

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20429

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.splitbrain.org/index.php?do=details&id=823

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://bugs.splitbrain.org/index.php?do=details&id=823

External Source: XF

Name: dokuwiki-spellchecker-code-execution(26913)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26913

External Source: BID

Name: 18289

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18289

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060605 Advisory 04/2006: DokuWiki PHP code execution vulnerability in spellchecker

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/435989/100/0/threaded

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 25980

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/25980

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200606-16

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-16.xml

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-2142

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/2142

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1016221

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016221

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20669

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20669

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20060605 Advisory 04/2006: DokuWiki PHP code execution vulnerability in spellchecker

Hyperlink:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/046602.html