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CVE-2010-0288

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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-0288 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from dokuwiki organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-02-15T18:30:00.643

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki ≤ release_2009-02-14 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2004-07-04 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2004-07-07 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2004-07-12 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2004-07-21 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2004-07-25 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2004-08-08 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2004-08-15a Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2004-08-22 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2004-09-12 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2004-09-25 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2004-09-30 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2004-11-01 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2004-11-02 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2004-11-10 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2005-01-14 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2005-01-15 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2005-01-16a Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2005-02-06 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2005-02-18 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2005-05-07 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2005-07-01 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2005-07-13 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2005-09-19 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2005-09-22 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2006-03-05 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2006-03-09 Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2006-03-09e Yes
Application dokuwiki dokuwiki 2006-06-04 Yes
References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For dokuwiki's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.