CVE-2006-2878

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    CVE-2006-2878

    Published: 7 Jun 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The spellchecker (spellcheck.php) in DokuWiki 2006/06/04 and earlier allows remote attackers to insert and execute arbitrary PHP code via "complex curly syntax" that is inserted into a regular expression that is processed by preg_replace with the /e (executable) modifier.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/20429, http://secunia.com/advisories/20669, http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_042006.119.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2142, http://bugs.splitbrain.org/index.php?do=details&id=823, http://secunia.com/advisories/20429, http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_042006.119.html, http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/046602.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016221, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-16.xml, http://www.osvdb.org/25980, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435989/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18289, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26913

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2006-2878 | CVE-DB