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CVE-2002-1656

🗓️ 28 Mar 2005 05:00:00Reported by mitreType 
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🔗 web.nvd.nist.gov👁 47 Views

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

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Family
Cvelist
CVE-2002-1656
28 Mar 200505:00
cvelist
NVD
CVE-2002-1656
31 Dec 200205:00
nvd
OpenVAS
x-news 1
3 Nov 200500:00
openvas
OpenVAS
X-News '/db/users.txt' Information Disclosure Vulnerability
3 Nov 200500:00
openvas
Tenable Nessus
X-News Password MD5 Hash Authentication Bypass
21 Feb 200400:00
nessus
NVD
Node
xqusx-newsMatch1.0
OR
xqusx-newsMatch1.1

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16 Apr 2026 00:27Current
6.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.5
CVSS 27.5
EPSS0.14207
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