CVE-2002-1682: Daansystems Newsreactor

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

NewsReactor 1.0 uses a weak encryption scheme, which could allow local users to decrypt the passwords and gain access to other users' newsgroup accounts.

Affected products

• Daansystems Newsreactor: version 1.0 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.