CVE-2008-0169
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CVE-2008-0169
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.
Exploit probability
1.6%
Published
June 3, 2008
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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CVE-2008-0169
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=483770
- http://ikiwiki.info/news/version_2.48/index.html
- http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index33h2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30468
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/31/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29479
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1710
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42798