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    CVE-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 users.txt data file, and providing it in a cookie.

    Published:Dec 31, 2002
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Mar 28, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.14207
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Xqus
    Product
    X-news

    Exploits

    http://securitytracker.com/id?1003828http://securitytracker.com/id?1003828https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3043

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High