CVE-2006-2878

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-06-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The spellchecker (spellcheck.php) in DokuWiki 2006/06/04 and earlier allows remote attackers to insert and execute arbitrary PHP code via "complex curly syntax" that is inserted into a regular expression that is processed by preg_replace with the /e (executable) modifier.

Affected products

Andreas Gohr Dokuwiki: through release_2006-06-04; release_2004-07-04, release_2004-07-07, release_2004-07-12, release_2004-07-21, release_2004-07-25, release_2004-08-08 (+20)

References

http://bugs.splitbrain.org/index.php?do=details&id=823
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/046602.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20429
http://secunia.com/advisories/20669
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016221
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-16.xml
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_042006.119.html
http://www.osvdb.org/25980
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435989/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18289
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2142
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26913

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