6.8

CVE-2008-0169: ikiwiki

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-0169
Published 03-06-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-0169 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in ikiwiki. EPSS estimates a 1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.58%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10860-1

Timeline

  1. 03-06-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.58% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.58%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • ikiwiki< 2.48
Ikiwiki1 product
  • ikiwiki1.5 | 1.34 | 1.34.1 | 1.34.2 | 1.35 | 1.36 | 1.37 | 1.38 | 1.39 | 1.40 | 1.41 | 1.42 | 1.43 | 1.44 | 1.45 | 1.46 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 1.49 | 1.51 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.10 | 2.11 | 2.12 | 2.13 | 2.14 | 2.15 | 2.16 | 2.17 | 2.18 | 2.19 | 2.20 | 2.30 | 2.31 | 2.31.1 | 2.31.2 | 2.31.3 | 2.40 | 2.41 | 2.42 | 2.43 | 2.44 | 2.47

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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