Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2002· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2002-1656
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.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
5- 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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