CVE-2010-0288

IN THE WILD

DokuWiki < 2009-12-25b - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via ACL Manager Plugin

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2010-0288 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by InTheWild.io). EIP tracks 1 public exploit from researchers including IHTeam.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates directory traversal and unauthorized ACL manipulation in DokuWiki's ACL plugin. It allows listing arbitrary file names and modifying wiki permissions without proper authentication.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by IHTeam · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11141

This exploit demonstrates directory traversal and unauthorized ACL manipulation in DokuWiki's ACL plugin. It allows listing arbitrary file names and modifying wiki permissions without proper authentication.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: DokuWiki 2009-12-25
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target DokuWiki instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55661
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/61710
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034729.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38183
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-07.xml
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0150
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1976
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034831.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37820
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11141

Scores

EPSS 0.2718
EPSS Percentile 96.5%

Details

InTheWild.io 2019-09-23
CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (29)
dokuwiki/dokuwiki 2004-07-04
dokuwiki/dokuwiki 2004-07-07
dokuwiki/dokuwiki 2004-07-12
dokuwiki/dokuwiki 2004-07-21
dokuwiki/dokuwiki 2004-07-25
dokuwiki/dokuwiki 2004-08-08
dokuwiki/dokuwiki 2004-08-15a
dokuwiki/dokuwiki 2004-08-22
dokuwiki/dokuwiki 2004-09-12
dokuwiki/dokuwiki 2004-09-25
... and 19 more
Published Feb 15, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026