{
    "id": "CVE-2002-1656",
    "published": "2002-12-31 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 21:59:44",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.08051",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94632",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-04 18:17:03",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "xqus",
            "product": "x-news"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "3043",
            "title": "x-news 1.1 - 'users.txt' Remote Password Disclosure",
            "date": "2006-12-30",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3043"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}