CVE-2006-2878

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.

Published: 2006-06-07 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2878 is rated Moderate Risk (62.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.38%). EPSS rose +1.48% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2878

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-01 2.90% 4.38% +1.48%
2 2025-03-30 3.09% 2.90% -0.19%
3 2025-03-29 — 3.09% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2878

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2878

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-2878

vendor priority summary link
debian high CVE-2006-2878 high priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dokuwiki), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-2878
gentoo high CVE-2006-2878: 1 GLSA(s) (200606-16), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/dokuwiki); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-2878
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-2878 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dokuwiki), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 8, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-2878

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2878

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
andreas_gohr dokuwiki <= release_2006-06-04 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-07-04 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-07-04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-07-07 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-07-07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-07-12 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-07-12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-07-21 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-07-21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-07-25 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-07-25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-08-08 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-08-08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-08-15a cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-08-15a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-08-22 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-08-22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-09-12 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-09-12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-09-25 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-09-25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-09-30 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-09-30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-10-19 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-10-19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-11-01 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-11-01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-11-02 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-11-02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2004-11-10 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2004-11-10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2005-01-14 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2005-01-14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2005-01-15 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2005-01-15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2005-01-16a cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2005-01-16a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2005-02-06 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2005-02-06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2005-02-18 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2005-02-18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2005-05-07 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2005-05-07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2005-07-01 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2005-07-01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2005-07-13 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2005-07-13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2005-09-19 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2005-09-19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2005-09-22 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2005-09-22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2006-03-05 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2006-03-05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2878

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