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
Published Jun 3, 2008
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.58%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.5
- 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
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01576) | 74.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01576) | 72.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.47% (0.00468) | 62.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.83% (0.01829) | 88.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 9, 2024 | 1.52% (0.01519) | 87.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 1.41% (0.01405) | 86.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01405) | 84.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=483770 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://ikiwiki.info/news/version_2.48/index.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index33h2 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30468 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/31/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29479 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1710 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42798 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=483770 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://ikiwiki.info/news/version_2.48/index.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index33h2 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30468 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/31/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29479 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1710 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42798 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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