CVE-2007-2149 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 th...
HighCVSS 10.0
EPSS 3.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| stephen craton chatness | <= 2.5.3 | No fix listed |
References
- 24873 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- 2595 third-party-advisory
- 20070412 Chatness <= 2.5.3 - Arbitrary Code Execution mailing-list
- ADV-2007-1386 vdb-entry