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CVE-2008-0169

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.8 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
1.6% (76th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2008-0181)
Published
June 3, 2008
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0181 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • ikiwiki / ikiwiki
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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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