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CVE-2008-0169· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Plugin/passwordauth.pm (aka the passwordauth plugin) in ikiwiki 1.34 through 2.47 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication, and logi

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.

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 3, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.6% · 74th percentile
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Action score

27

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CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.6%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ikiwikiikiwiki

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.34
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.34.1
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.34.2
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.35
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.36
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.37
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.38
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.39
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.40
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.41
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.42
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.43
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.44
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.45
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.46
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.47
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.48
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.49
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.5
  • ikiwiki ikiwiki1.51

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12ikiwikibefore 2.482.48
openSUSE:Tumbleweedikiwikibefore 3.20200202.3-2.73.20200202.3-2.7

Same product

ikiwiki: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2017-0356Authentication bypass via repeated parameters
    40Plan
  • CVE-2011-1408ikiwiki before 3.20110608 allows remote attackers to hijack root's tty and run symlink attacks.
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2019-9187ikiwiki before 3.20170111.1 and 3.2018x and 3.2019x before 3.20190228 allows SSRF via the aggregate plugin.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2016-10026ikiwiki 3.20161219 does not properly check if a revision changes the access permissions for a page on sites with the git and recentchanges p
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2016-9645Editing restriction bypass for git revert
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2015-2793Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/openid-selector.tmpl in ikiwiki before 3.20150329 allows remote attackers to inject ar
    25Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:ikiwiki2.48 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:ikiwiki3.20200202.3-2.7 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    P · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    P

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

    Noroxi analysis

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    Change log

    1. Fix✗ → ✓

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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