CVE-2016-7965

Exp

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).

Published: 2016-10-31 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-7965 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-7965

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-7965

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 2026-04-20 0.29% 0.41% +0.12%
2 2025-03-30 1.05% 0.29% -0.76%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.05% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-7965

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-7965

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-7965

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2016-7965 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dokuwiki), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7965
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-7965 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dokuwiki), 9 status rows across 9 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 7, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7965

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-7965

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dokuwiki dokuwiki <= 2016-06-26a cpe:2.3:a:dokuwiki:dokuwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-7965

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