CVE-2008-0169

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 3, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-0169: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix