Description
Archilles Newsworld before 1.5.0-rc1 stores (1) account.nwd and (2) session.nwd under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, hashed passwords, and session IDs, and gain privileges.
References
- newsworld-adminnews-bypass-authentication(22860) vdb-entry
- 17310 third-party-advisory
- 20051021 aRCHILLES Newsworld < 1.5.0-rc1 Multiple Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- newsworld-account-information-disclosure(22859) vdb-entry