FKIE_CVE-2008-0169
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-06-03 15:32 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:49
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
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