CVE-2002-1656 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.1% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.05% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| xqus | x-news |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | x-news 1.1 - 'users.txt' Remote Password Disclosure | 2006-12-30 |
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1003828
- http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162723
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4283
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8465
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1003828
- http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162723
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4283
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8465
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