CVE-2006-4679

Exp

DokuWiki before 2006-03-09c enables the debug feature by default, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by calling doku.php with the X-DOKUWIKI-DO HTTP header set to "debug".

Published: 2006-09-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4679 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.65%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-4679

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4679

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 2026-06-15 0.70% 1.65% +0.95%
2 2025-10-05 0.55% 0.70% +0.15%
3 2025-03-17 0.55%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4679

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4679

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-4679

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2006-4679 low 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-2006-4679
gentoo high CVE-2006-4679: 1 GLSA(s) (200609-10), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/dokuwiki); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-4679
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-4679 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dokuwiki), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 6, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-4679

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-4679

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that "register_argc_argv" is enabled, which is the default setting. This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: Andreas Gohr, DokuWiki, Release 2006-03-09c

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4679

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
andreas_gohr dokuwiki <= release_2006-03-09 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-2006-4679

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