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CVE-2017-18123

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-02-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The call parameter of /lib/exe/ajax.php in DokuWiki through 2017-02-19e does not properly encode user input, which leads to a reflected file download vulnerability, and allows remote attackers to run arbitrary programs.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0
• DokuWiki: through 2017-02-19e

References

• https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/commit/238b8e878ad48f370903465192b57c2072f65d86
• https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/issues/2029
• https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/pull/2019
• https://hackerone.com/reports/238316
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00004.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00004.html
• https://vulnhive.com/2018/000004
• https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/commit/238b8e878ad48f370903465192b57c2072f65d86
• https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/issues/2029
• https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/pull/2019
• https://hackerone.com/reports/238316
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00004.html

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