CVE-2005-3434

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-11-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Archilles Newsworld: through 1.5.0_rc1; 1.3.1, 1.3.2

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113018731120709&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17310/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22859
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22860
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113018731120709&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17310/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22859
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22860

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