CVE-2008-0169

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: 2008-06-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0169 is rated Moderate Risk (53.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.58%). EPSS rose +1.11% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0169

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 0.47% 1.58% +1.11%
2 2025-03-30 0.62% 0.47% -0.15%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.62% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0169

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0169

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-0169

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2008-0169 medium 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-2008-0169
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-0169 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-2008-0169

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0169

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.34 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.34.1 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.34.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.34.2 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.34.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.35 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.36 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.37 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.38 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.39 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.40 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.41 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.42 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.43 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.44 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.45 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.46 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.47 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.48 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.49 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 1.51 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:1.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.10 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.11 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.12 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.13 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.14 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.15 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.16 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.17 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.18 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.19 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.20 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.30 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.31 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.31.1 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.31.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.31.2 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.31.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.31.3 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.31.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.40 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.41 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.42 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.43 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.44 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.47 cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:2.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0169

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