CVE-2002-1656
X-News 1.1 - Authentication Bypass via MD5 Password Hash Cookie
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-1656. PoCs published by bd0rk.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an information disclosure vulnerability in x-news 1.1, where user credentials are stored in plaintext in a publicly accessible file. The exploit details the path to the file containing usernames, MD5 hashes, and emails.
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.
Exploits (1)
This is a writeup describing an information disclosure vulnerability in x-news 1.1, where user credentials are stored in plaintext in a publicly accessible file. The exploit details the path to the file containing usernames, MD5 hashes, and emails.