CVE-2008-0169
Plugin/passwordauth.pm (aka the passwordauth plugin) in ikiwiki 1.34 through 2.47 allows remote...
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 likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-0169- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-0169- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-0181 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2008-0181- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m3mx-37hm-9ff4 No score
Plugin/passwordauth.pm (aka the passwordauth plugin) in ikiwiki 1.34 through 2.47 allows remote...
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.
- Record
GHSA-m3mx-37hm-9ff4- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-0169- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2008-0169 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0169- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10860-1 No score
ikiwiki-3.20200202.3-2.7 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the ikiwiki-3.20200202.3-2.7 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10860-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-0169 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Ikiwiki, published June 3, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.58%, the 75th percentile. Fixed in ikiwiki 2.48.
References
secunia.com/advisories/30468
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1710
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=483770
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/31/3
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42798
ikiwiki.info/news/version_2.48/index.html
Show 19 moreShow less
securityfocus.com/bid/29479
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0169
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m3mx-37hm-9ff4
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0169
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0169