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CVE-2008-0169

Published: Jun 03, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0169
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.5 (including)1.5 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.34 (including)1.34 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.34.1 (including)1.34.1 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.34.2 (including)1.34.2 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.35 (including)1.35 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.36 (including)1.36 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.37 (including)1.37 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.38 (including)1.38 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.39 (including)1.39 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.40 (including)1.40 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.41 (including)1.41 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.42 (including)1.42 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.43 (including)1.43 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.44 (including)1.44 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.45 (including)1.45 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.46 (including)1.46 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.47 (including)1.47 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.48 (including)1.48 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.49 (including)1.49 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki1.51 (including)1.51 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.2 (including)2.2 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.3 (including)2.3 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.4 (including)2.4 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.5 (including)2.5 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.6 (including)2.6 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.7 (including)2.7 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.8 (including)2.8 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.9 (including)2.9 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.10 (including)2.10 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.11 (including)2.11 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.12 (including)2.12 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.13 (including)2.13 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.14 (including)2.14 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.15 (including)2.15 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.16 (including)2.16 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.17 (including)2.17 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.18 (including)2.18 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.19 (including)2.19 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.20 (including)2.20 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.30 (including)2.30 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.31 (including)2.31 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.31.1 (including)2.31.1 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.31.2 (including)2.31.2 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.31.3 (including)2.31.3 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.40 (including)2.40 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.41 (including)2.41 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.42 (including)2.42 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.43 (including)2.43 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.44 (including)2.44 (including)
IkiwikiIkiwiki2.47 (including)2.47 (including)
IkiwikiUbuntufeisty*
IkiwikiUbuntugutsy*
IkiwikiUbuntuhardy*
IkiwikiUbuntuupstream*

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