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CVE-2012-2129· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in doku.php in DokuWiki 2012-01-25 Angua allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in doku.php in DokuWiki 2012-01-25 Angua allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the target parameter in an edit action.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 27, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.6% · 85th percentile
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Action score

18

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CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.6%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
andreas gohrdokuwiki

Affected versions

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  • andreas gohr dokuwiki2012-01-25

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12dokuwikibefore 0.0.20120125a-10.0.20120125a-1

Same product

andreas gohr: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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  • CVE-2004-2560DokuWiki before 2004-10-19, when used on a web server that permits execution based on file extension, allows remote attackers to execute arb
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  • CVE-2004-2559DokuWiki before 2004-10-19 allows remote attackers to access administrative functionality including (1) Mediaselectiondialog, (2) Recent cha
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:dokuwiki0.0.20120125a-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    CVSS vector

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

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-79 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

    Fixed

    ts
    commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

    Attack context

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    ATT&CK techniques

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    References

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