CVE-2014-8763

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2014-8763 · Published 22/10/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-8763 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting dokuwiki (dokuwiki).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.5%, higher than 84.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
dokuwiki dokuwiki	`≤ 2014-05-05a`	No fix yet

Description

DokuWiki before 2014-05-05b, when using Active Directory for LDAP authentication, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a password starting with a null (\0) character and a valid user name, which triggers an unauthenticated bind.

References

advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0438.html
secunia.com/advisories/61983
debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3059
freelists.org/post/dokuwiki/Fwd-Dokuwiki-maybe-security-issue-Null-byte-poisoning-in-LDAP-authentication
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/13/3
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/16/9
splitbrain/dokuwiki#868

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

dokuwiki

≤ 2014-05-05a

No fix yet

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