CVE-2014-8764 json
DokuWiki 2014-05-05a and earlier, when using Active Directory for LDAP authentication, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via…
published 2014-10-22 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-8595
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.7%
- EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
DokuWiki 2014-05-05a and earlier, when using Active Directory for LDAP authentication, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a user name and password starting with a null (\0) character, which triggers an anonymous bind.
Patch / fix
- dokuwiki Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.0.20140929.a-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8764
- github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki#868 pull request
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8764 updated
dokuwiki: various security flaws
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
References
- github.com /splitbrain/dokuwiki/pull/868
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debian.org
/security/2014/dsa-3059
vendor-advisory
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freelists.org
/post/dokuwiki/Fwd-Dokuwiki-maybe-security-issue-Null-byte-poisoning-in-LDAP-authentication
mailing-list
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secunia.com
/advisories/61983
third-party-advisory
- advisories.mageia.org /MGASA-2014-0438.html
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2014/10/13/3
mailing-list
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2014/10/16/9
mailing-list
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2014-8764
- NVD CVE-2014-8764
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