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CVE-2008-0169

Published: Jun 3, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-264

No Known Exploits

Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

Affected Products

ikiwiki ikiwiki

On-prem

Web & CMS Plugins / forum-wiki

ikiwikioss-projectWeb & CMS Plugins

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=483770

bugs.debian.org

http://ikiwiki.info/news/version_2.48/index.html

http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index33h2

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Timeline

Published

Jun 3, 2008

Last Updated

Apr 23, 2026

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