CVE-2008-0165

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Ikiwiki before 2.42 allows remote attackers to modify user preferences, including passwords, via the (1) preferences and (2) edit forms.

Published: 2008-04-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0165 is rated Low Risk (33.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.64%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0165

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.24% 0.64% +0.40%
2 2025-03-17 0.59% 0.24% -0.35%
3 2025-02-22 — 0.59% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0165

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0165

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-0165

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2008-0165 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ikiwiki), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0165
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-0165 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ikiwiki), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 7, ignored 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0165

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0165

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ikiwiki ikiwiki <= 2.41 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0165

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