CVE-2017-0356 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in ikiwiki versions prior to 3.20170111, specifically within the passwordauth plugin's use of CGI::FormBuilder. An attacker can exploit this flaw by submitting repeated parameters, effectively bypassing authentication. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.20170111CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.