web commit by http://jcflack.myopenid.com/: Oh, *that's* where XML RPC is specified! :)

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@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ who's viewing the wiki, that can be a security problem.
 
 Of course nobody else seems to worry about this in other wikis, so should we?
 
 
 Of course nobody else seems to worry about this in other wikis, so should we?
 

-Currently only people with direct commit access can upload such files
+People with direct commit access can upload such files

 (and if you wanted to you could block that with a pre-commit hook).
 (and if you wanted to you could block that with a pre-commit hook).

-Users with only web commit access are limited to editing pages as ikiwiki
-doesn't support file uploads from browsers (yet), so they can't exploit
-this.
+
+The attachments plugin is not enabled by default. If you choose to
+enable it, you should make use of its powerful abilities to filter allowed
+types of attachments, and only let trusted users upload.

 
 It is possible to embed an image in a page edited over the web, by using
 `img src="data:image/png;"`. Ikiwiki's htmlscrubber only allows `data:`
 
 It is possible to embed an image in a page edited over the web, by using
 `img src="data:image/png;"`. Ikiwiki's htmlscrubber only allows `data:`


@@ -390,10 +391,20 @@ pre-emtively guard against that, current versions of ikiwiki store password
 hashes (using Eksblowfish).
 
 If you use the [[plugins/passwordauth]] plugin, I recommend upgrading to
 hashes (using Eksblowfish).
 
 If you use the [[plugins/passwordauth]] plugin, I recommend upgrading to

-ikiwiki 2.48, installing the [[Authen::Passphrase]] perl module, and running
+ikiwiki 2.48, installing the [[cpan Authen::Passphrase]] perl module, and running

 `ikiwiki-transition hashpassword` to replace all existing cleartext passwords
 with strong blowfish hashes. 
 
 You might also consider changing to [[plugins/openid]], which does not 
 require ikiwiki deal with passwords at all, and does not involve users sending
 passwords in cleartext over the net to log in, either.
 `ikiwiki-transition hashpassword` to replace all existing cleartext passwords
 with strong blowfish hashes. 
 
 You might also consider changing to [[plugins/openid]], which does not 
 require ikiwiki deal with passwords at all, and does not involve users sending
 passwords in cleartext over the net to log in, either.

+
+## Empty password security hole
+
+This hole allowed ikiwiki to accept logins using empty passwords, to openid
+accounts that didn't use a password. It was introduced in version 1.34, and
+fixed in version 2.48. The [bug](http://bugs.debian.org/483770) was
+discovered on 30 May 2008 and fixed the same day. ([[cve CVE-2008-0169]])
+
+I recommend upgrading to 2.48 immediatly if your wiki allows both password
+and openid logins.