CVE-2008-0165 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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: 2008-04-20

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1553-1	New ikiwiki packages fix cross-site request forgery
Debian DSA	DSA-1553-2	New ikiwiki packages fix regression
EUVD	EUVD-2008-0177	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00242.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475445
http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index31h2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29907
http://secunia.com/advisories/29932
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1553
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1297/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41904

History

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Subscriptions

Ikiwiki Ikiwiki

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-04-20T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:39:34.169Z

Reserved: 2008-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0165

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-04-21T13:05:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-0165

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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