Description
DokuWiki 2014-05-05a and earlier, when using Active Directory for LDAP authentication, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a user name and password starting with a null (\0) character, which triggers an anonymous bind.
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 | 0.0.20140929.a-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | dokuwiki | 0.0.20140929.a-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | dokuwiki | 0.0.20140929.a-1 | — |
| Debian 7 | dokuwiki | 0.0.20120125b-2+deb7u1 | DSA-3059-1 |
| Debian 6.0 | dokuwiki | 0.0.20091225c-10+squeeze3 | DLA-79-1 |
Advisories 2
- DLA-79-1 dokuwiki - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- DSA-3059-1 dokuwiki - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- [dokuwiki] 20140918 Fwd: Dokuwiki (maybe) security issue: Null byte poisoning in LDAP authentication mailing-list
- 61983 third-party-advisory
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0438.html
- [oss-security] 20141013 CVE request: various security flaws in dokuwiki mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20141016 Re: CVE request: various security flaws in dokuwiki mailing-list
- DSA-3059 vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/pull/868