CVE-2015-2172 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in DokuWiki versions prior to 2014-05-05d and 2014-09-29c. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to bypass ACL plugin permission checks via the XMLRPC API, enabling them to add or delete Access Control List rules. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2014-05-05, < 2014-05-05dCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dokuwiki:dokuwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2014-09-29, < 2014-09-29cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dokuwiki:dokuwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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