CVE-2016-7965

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-10-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

DokuWiki 2016-06-26a and older uses $_SERVER[HTTP_HOST] instead of the baseurl setting as part of the password-reset URL. This can lead to phishing attacks. (A remote unauthenticated attacker can change the URL's hostname via the HTTP Host header.) The vulnerability can be triggered only if the Host header is not part of the web server routing process (e.g., if several domains are served by the same web server).

Affected products

DokuWiki: through 2016-06-26a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94237
https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/issues/1709
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94237
https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/issues/1709

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