CVE-2006-0440 — Text Rider 2.4 allows attackers to bypass authentication and upload files without providing a valid password by obtaining the MD5 hash of the password (possibly via another vulnerability that reads it from a data file), then including the hash in a cookie

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Text Rider 2.4 allows attackers to bypass authentication and upload files without providing a valid password by obtaining the MD5 hash of the password (possibly via another vulnerability that reads it from a data file), then including the hash in a cookie

Published Jan 26, 2006

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.40%

Description

Text Rider 2.4 allows attackers to bypass authentication and upload files without providing a valid password by obtaining the MD5 hash of the password (possibly via another vulnerability that reads it from a data file), then including the hash in a cookie.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.40% 0.01402

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01402

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.40% (0.01402)	71.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.37% (0.01370)	68.23th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.65% (0.00650)	69.12th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.18% (0.00185)	57.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 17, 2024	0.18% (0.00185)	55.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 21, 2023	0.15% (0.00155)	50.81th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.17% (0.00172)	52.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00954)	36.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 2, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	34.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	32.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	16.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://evuln.com/vulns/46/summary.html
x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015533
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423130/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Link	Providers	Tags
http://evuln.com/vulns/46/summary.html		x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015533		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423130/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 26, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 26, 2006

Link CVE-2006-0440

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-0440

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-0440