Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-8763

Description

DokuWiki before 2014-05-05b, when using Active Directory for LDAP authentication, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a password starting with a null (\0) character and a valid user name, which triggers an unauthenticated bind.

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Affected products

Dokuwiki/Dokuwiki2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:dokuwiki:dokuwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:dokuwiki:dokuwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2014-05-05a
- (no CPE)range: <2014-05-05b
Mageia/Mageia2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:mageia_project:mageia:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:mageia_project:mageia:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:mageia_project:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0438.htmlnvd
secunia.com/advisories/61983nvd
www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3059nvd
www.freelists.org/post/dokuwiki/Fwd-Dokuwiki-maybe-security-issue-Null-byte-poisoning-in-LDAP-authenticationnvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/13/3nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/16/9nvd
github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/pull/868nvd

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