What is CVE-2011-1408?

CVE-2011-1408 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ikiwiki, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2019-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2011-1408?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2011-1408 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Ikiwiki

CVE-2011-1408

ikiwiki before 3.20110608 allows remote attackers to hijack root's tty and run symlink attacks.

Published 2019-10-29 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ikiwiki
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1408 (Third Party Advisory)
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-LINUX-IKIWIKI-133098 (Third Party Advisory)
ikiwiki.info/security/ (Third Party Advisory)
www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/55157 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-1408?: CVE-2011-1408 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ikiwiki, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2019-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2011-1408?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2011-1408 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.