CVE-2002-1656 | BDVDB-2026-9106 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12005-03-28Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-08Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.