Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.12068
Category:	Web application abuses
Title:	X-News '/db/users.txt' Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Summary:	X-News is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: X-News is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: X-News stores user ids and passwords, as MD5 hashes, in a world- readable file, 'db/users.txt'. This is the same information that is issued by X-News in cookie-based authentication credentials. Vulnerability Impact: An attacker may incorporate this information into cookies and then submit them to gain unauthorized access to the X-News administrative account. Solution: Deny access to the files in the 'db' directory through the webserver. CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-1656 BugTraq ID: 4283 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4283 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#162723 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162723 http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt http://securitytracker.com/id?1003828 XForce ISS Database: xnews-users-world-readable(8465) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8465
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2004 Audun Larsen

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