CVE-2002-1656

X-News (x_news) 1.1 and earlier allows attackers to authenticate as other users by obtaining the MD5 checksum of the password, e.g. via sniffing or the users.txt data file, and providing it in a cookie.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2002-12-31

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• X-news (Xqus)

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1003828
• http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162723
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4283
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8465