CVE-2008-0169

N/A Unknown
Published: June 03, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Plugin/passwordauth.pm (aka the passwordauth plugin) in ikiwiki 1.34 through 2.47 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication, and login to any account for which an OpenID identity is configured and a password is not configured, by specifying an empty password during the login sequence.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30468
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=483770
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://ikiwiki.info/news/version_2.48/index.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index33h2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30468
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/31/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29479
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1710
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42798
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
65th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

ikiwiki