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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…
High7.5EPSS 8.1%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.1% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- VU#162723 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 1003828 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- xnews-users-world-readable(8465) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 4283 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .