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CVE-2006-2878
The spellchecker (spellcheck.php) in DokuWiki 2006/06/04 and earlier allows remote attackers to insert and execute arbitrary PHP code via…
High7.5EPSS 13.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.9% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- http://bugs.splitbrain.org/index.php?do=details&id=823 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 18289 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060605 Advisory 04/2006: DokuWiki PHP code execution vulnerability in spellchecker (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1016221 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 25980 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20429 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060605 Advisory 04/2006: DokuWiki PHP code execution vulnerability in spellchecker (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20669 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_042006.119.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- dokuwiki-spellchecker-code-execution(26913) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-200606-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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