PT-2002-2767 · X News · X-News

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-2046

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions X-News (x news) versions 1.1 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to gain administrative privileges by stealing and replaying the md5 password cookie. This is related to the x news.php file in the affected software.

Recommendations For versions 1.1 and earlier, consider restricting access to the x news.php file until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the md5 password cookie in sensitive operations to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-2046

Affected Products

X-News

References · 3

• http://ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2046 · Security Note
• http://seclists.org/lists/vuln-dev/2002/Mar/0156.html · Note