CVE-2002-1656

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8465

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4283

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162723

http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-12-31

Updated: 2017-07-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3