Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-1656

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.

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Affected products

Xqus/X News3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:xqus:x-news:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:xqus:x-news:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xqus:x-news:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=1.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

securitytracker.com/idnvdExploit
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162723nvdUS Government Resource
www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txtnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/4283nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8465nvd

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