CVE-2007-2149

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Published Apr 19, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Stephen Craton (aka WiredPHP) Chatness 2.5.3 and earlier stores usernames and unencrypted passwords in (1) classes/vars.php and (2) classes/varstuff.php, and recommends 0666 or 0777 permissions for these files, which allows local users to gain privileges by reading the files, and allows remote attackers to obtain credentials via a direct request for admin/options.php.

Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:stephen_craton:chatness:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-2144	Stephen Craton (aka WiredPHP) Chatness 2.5.3 and earlier stores usernames and unencrypted passwords in (1) classes/vars.php and (2) classes/varstuff.php, and recommends 0666 or 0777 permissions for these files, which allows local users to gain privileges by reading the files, and allows remote attackers to obtain credentials via a direct request for admin/options.php.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.1% (3.088% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/24873
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2595
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465547/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1386

History

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Subscriptions

Stephen Craton Chatness

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 1:23 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 19, 2007, 10:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 1:23 PM
Reserved: Apr 19, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:39 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 19, 2007, 10:19 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:39 PM

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