Medium severity · published Oct 31, 2016
CVE-2016-7965
DokuWiki 2016-06-26a and older uses $_SERVER[HTTP_HOST] instead of the baseurl setting as part of the password-reset URL
6.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
DokuWiki 2016-06-26a and older uses $_SERVER[HTTP_HOST] instead of the baseurl setting as part of the password-reset URL. This can lead to phishing attacks. (A remote unauthenticated attacker can change the URL's hostname via the HTTP Host header.) The vulnerability can be triggered only if the Host header is not part of the web server routing process (e.g., if several domains are served by the same web server).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DO
Dokuwiki · Dokuwiki
through 2016-06-26a · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7965
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7965
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94237
Exploit
https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/issues/1709
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