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TITLE:
DokuWiki Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38205

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in DokuWiki, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site request forgery
attacks.

The application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP
requests without performing any validity checks to verify the
requests. This can be exploited to e.g. change the access control
rules by tricking a logged in administrator into visiting a malicious
web site.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2009-12-25b. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not browse untrusted sites or follow untrusted links while being
logged-in to the application.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by an anonymous person.

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