A vulnerability has been identified in ikiwiki, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions. This issue is caused by an error in the Openid and Passwordauth plugins when handling logins with empty passwords, which could be exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized access to openid accounts that do not use a password.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Joey Hess.
ChangeLog
2008-06-02 : Initial release
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