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CVE-2002-1656

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2002-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Xqus X-News

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References