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CVE-2014-8764

Published: Oct 22, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-287
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 26.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected Products

n/an/a
mageiamageia project
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
dokuwikidokuwiki
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / forum-wiki
mageia projectoss-projectOperating Systemsaka mageia
dokuwikioss-projectWeb & CMS Plugins

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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
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References

http://www.freelists.org/post/dokuwiki/Fwd-Dokuwiki-maybe-security-issue-Null-byte-poisoning-in-LDAP-authentication
freelists.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/61983
secunia.com
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0438.html
advisories.mageia.org
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Timeline

Published
Oct 22, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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