CVE-2012-2128

Summary

CVECVE-2012-2128
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-27 21:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in doku.php in DokuWiki 2012-01-25 Angua allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add arbitrary users. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor, who states that it is resultant from CVE-2012-2129: "the exploit code simply uses the XSS hole to extract a valid CSRF token."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-352 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Andreas Gohr Dokuwiki 2012-01-25 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE Request -- DokuWiki: XSS and CSRF due improper escaping of 'target' parameter in preprocessing edit form data af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bugtraq: DokuWiki Ver.2012/01/25 CSRF Add User Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
FS#2488 : Bugtraq report of XSRF on add user af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.dokuwiki.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
DokuWiki 'target' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- DokuWiki: XSS and CSRF due improper escaping of 'target' parameter in preprocessing edit form data af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
ircrash.com/uploads/dokuwiki.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ircrash.com
Bug 815122 – CVE-2012-2128 CVE-2012-2129 dokuwiki: XSS and CSRF due improper escaping of 'target' parameter in preprocessing edit form data af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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