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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-2172 · published 30 March 2015

CVE-2015-2172: Dokuwiki improper access control vulnerability

Dokuwiki · Dokuwiki

DokuWiki before 2014-05-05d and before 2014-09-29c does not properly check permissions for the ACL plugins, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges and add or delete ACL rules via a request to the XMLRPC API.

6.5 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.9% · top 13.8% CWE-284 · Improper access control
6.5CVSS 2.0 base score
2.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

DokuWiki before 2014-05-05d and before 2014-09-29c does not properly check permissions for the ACL plugins, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges and add or delete ACL rules via a request to the XMLRPC API.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0093.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152994.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153062.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153266.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/02/2 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72827 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/commit/4970ad24ce49ec76a0ee67bca7594f918ced2f5f Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/issues/1056 Third Party Advisory
https://www.dokuwiki.org/changes Vendor Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0093.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152994.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153062.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153266.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/02/2 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72827 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/commit/4970ad24ce49ec76a0ee67bca7594f918ced2f5f Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/issues/1056 Third Party Advisory
https://www.dokuwiki.org/changes Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-2172), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.