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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | dokuwiki | 0.0.20090214b-3.1 | — |
| Debian 13 | dokuwiki | 0.0.20090214b-3.1 | — |
| Debian 12 | dokuwiki | 0.0.20090214b-3.1 | — |
| Debian 5.0 | dokuwiki | 0.0.20080505-4+lenny1 | DSA-1976-1 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- dokuwiki 2009-12-25 - Multiple Vulnerabilities EDB-11141 · webapps · Jan 14, 2010 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Advisories 1
- DSA-1976-1 dokuwiki - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- dokuwiki-ajax-security-bypass(55661) vdb-entry
- 61710 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2010-0770 vendor-advisory
- 38183 third-party-advisory
- GLSA-201301-07 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2010-0150 vdb-entry
- http://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2010-01/17-dokuwiki-security
- DSA-1976 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2010-0800 vendor-advisory
- 37820 vdb-entry
- http://bugs.splitbrain.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=1847
- 11141 exploit