# CVE-2014-8763: DokuWiki before 2014-05-05b, when using Active Directory for LDAP authentication, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a pas

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-10-22 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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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## References

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

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