Summary
The remote web server contains a PHP application that is prone to information disclosure.
Description :
X-News is a news management system, written in PHP. X-News uses a flat-file database to store information. It will run on most Unix and Linux variants, as well as Microsoft Windows operating systems.
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. 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.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2002-1656 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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