CVE-2002-1656
published 2002-12-31CVE-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…
PriorityP429high7.5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCPIPAP
EXPLOIT
EPSS
3.94%
89.1th percentile
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.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| xqus | x-news | — | — |
| xqus | x-news | — | — |
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1003828http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txthttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162723http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4283https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8465http://securitytracker.com/id?1003828http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txthttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162723http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4283https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8465
2002-12-31
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