[dokuwiki] does DokuWiki needs register_globals=on?

  • From: "K. Bauckmeier-PTW Dresden" <K.Bauckmeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:21:25 +0100

Hallo,

I just read about a security hole in Mambo
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/67006 (german)
http://www.outpost24.com/ops/delta/FrameIndex.jsp?page=/ops/delta/news/News.jsp%3FXID%3D1157%26XVCLANGUAGEID%3D

I understand that this is because mambo uses a emulation of the php-option 
register_globals=on

I just looked at my webhoster and find out, that register_globals is on, but 
can be 
switched off with a php.ini - file in every directory.

My questions are: is this already a (small?) security hole in my webserver 
configuration, 
how bad is it, does DokuWiki needs it?

Follow up question: if DokuWiki would run with register_globals=off, is there 
still a 
possibility to log-in into Dokuwiki without using the login dialog by calling a 
link like 
http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:discussion:acl?do=login&u=user&p=passwort

Greetings Konrad Bauckmeier
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