CVE-2009-1960
inc/init.php in DokuWiki 2009-02-14, rc2009-02-06, and rc2009-01-30, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 31.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
inc/init.php in DokuWiki 2009-02-14, rc2009-02-06, and rc2009-01-30, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via the config_cascade[main][default][] parameter to doku.php. NOTE: PHP remote file inclusion is also possible in PHP 5 using ftp:// URLs.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Dokuwiki 2009-02-14 - Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8781webapps, phppublished 26 May 2009Verified
- Dokuwiki 2009-02-14 - Temporary/Remote File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8812webapps, phppublished 26 May 2009Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 8812 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 8781 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 31.7% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- 8812 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 35095 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugs.splitbrain.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=1700 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35218 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 8781 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://dev.splitbrain.org/darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi?r=dokuwiki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=20090526145030-7ad00-c0483e021f47898c8597f3bfbdd26c637f891d86.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-1955 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-1960)Record last updated .