CVE-2005-3434

critical

Description

Archilles Newsworld before 1.5.0-rc1 stores (1) account.nwd and (2) session.nwd under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, hashed passwords, and session IDs, and gain privileges.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22860

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22859

http://secunia.com/advisories/17310/

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113018731120709&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-11-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

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

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00874