CVE

Id
6040  
CVE No.
CVE-2002-1656  
Status
Candidate  
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20050329)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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