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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- x-news 1.1 - 'users.txt' Remote Password Disclosure EDB-3043 · webapps · Dec 30, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- VU#162723 third-party-advisory
- 1003828 vdb-entry
- xnews-users-world-readable(8465) vdb-entry
- http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt
- 4283 vdb-entry