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,...
- Published
- Apr 19, 2007
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Apr 12, 2007
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 87.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1Gammarays · php · Apr 12, 2007
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