CVE-2016-7965

medium
Published 2016-10-31 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

DokuWiki 2016-06-26a and older uses $_SERVER[HTTP_HOST] instead of the baseurl setting as part of the password-reset URL. This can lead to phishing attacks. (A remote unauthenticated attacker can change the URL's hostname via the HTTP Host header.) The vulnerability can be triggered only if the Host header is not part of the web server routing process (e.g., if several domains are served by the same web server).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7965

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/issues/1709

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormaffected
debian debianbullseyeaffected
debian debianforkyfixed2024-02-06b+dfsg-7
debian debiansidfixed2024-02-06b+dfsg-7
debian debiantrixiefixed2024-02-06b+dfsg-7

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
dokuwikidokuwiki{"endIncluding":"2016-06-26a"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.