CVE-2009-1960

Exp

inc/init.php in DokuWiki 2009-02-14, rc2009-02-06, and rc2009-01-30, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via the config_cascade[main][default][] parameter to doku.php. NOTE: PHP remote file inclusion is also possible in PHP 5 using ftp:// URLs.

Published: 2009-06-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1960 is rated High Exploit Risk (83/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 35.84%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2009-1960

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8812 exploit_db edb 2009-05-26 Exploit-DB ↗
8781 exploit_db edb 2009-05-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1960

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 2026-06-06 39.04% 35.84% -3.20%
2 2026-02-19 35.19% 39.04% +3.85%
3 2025-12-23 — 35.19% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1960

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1960

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-1960

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2009-1960 unimportant 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-2009-1960
gentoo high CVE-2009-1960: 1 GLSA(s) (200908-09), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/dokuwiki); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-1960
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-1960 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dokuwiki), 20 status rows across 20 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety): ignored 15, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1960

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1960

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dokuwiki dokuwiki 2009-02-14 cpe:2.3:a:dokuwiki:dokuwiki:2009-02-14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dokuwiki dokuwiki rc2009-01-30 cpe:2.3:a:dokuwiki:dokuwiki:rc2009-01-30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dokuwiki dokuwiki rc2009-02-06 cpe:2.3:a:dokuwiki:dokuwiki:rc2009-02-06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1960

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