ikiwiki up to 1.37 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in ikiwiki up to 1.37. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-0169. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in ikiwiki up to 1.37 (Content Management System). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 05/31/2008. The weakness was published 06/03/2008 by Joey Hess with Debian (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0169 since 01/09/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32488 (FreeBSD : ikiwiki -- empty password security hole (09066828-2ef1-11dd-a0d8-0016d325a0ed)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42798), Tenable (32488), SecurityFocus (BID 29479†), OSVDB (45893†) and Secunia (SA30468†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Name

• ikiwiki

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 32488
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : ikiwiki -- empty password security hole (09066828-2ef1-11dd-a0d8-0016d325a0ed)
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OpenVAS ID: 61119
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: ikiwiki
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/09/2008 🔍
05/31/2008 +143 days 🔍
05/31/2008 +0 days 🔍
06/01/2008 +1 days 🔍
06/02/2008 +1 days 🔍
06/02/2008 +0 days 🔍
06/03/2008 +1 days 🔍
06/03/2008 +0 days 🔍
06/11/2008 +8 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2469 days 🔍
08/11/2019 +1609 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Joey Hess
Organization: Debian
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-0169 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0169
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42615
X-Force: 42798
SecurityFocus: 29479 - ikiwiki Blank Password Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 30468
OSVDB: 45893 - ikiwiki - Blank Password Authentication Bypass Issue
Vulnerability Center: 18585 - Detected Ikiwiki Allows Use of Empty Passwords, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1710

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/11/2019 14:09
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (69), 08/11/2019 14:09 (9)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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