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TI-2002-01577 Aliases CVE-2002-1656GHSA-5m3m-59cv-29g8

X-News (x_news) 1.1 and earlier allows attackers to authenticate as other users by…

Priority MEDIUM 44Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.08051 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xqus:x-news:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0VulnerableXqus
cpe:2.3:a:xqus:x-news:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1VulnerableXqus
  • cpe:2.3:a:xqus:x-news:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Xqus
  • cpe:2.3:a:xqus:x-news:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1 Vulnerable ·Xqus

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-1656
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5m3m-59cv-29g8

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2002-01965 x_news.php in X-News (x_news) 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

Sources

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