CVE-2002-1656
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 28, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 29, 2005
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- VU#162723third-party-advisory
- 1003828vdb-entry
- xnews-users-world-readable(8465)vdb-entry
- http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt
- 4283vdb-entry
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