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CVE-2003-1540

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

WF-Chat 1.0 Beta stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain authentication information via a direct request to (1) !pwds.txt and (2) !nicks.txt.

Affected products

• Wfchat: 1.0-beta

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/8396
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3645
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1006352
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/315583/30/25430/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7147
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11571
• http://secunia.com/advisories/8396
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3645
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1006352
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/315583/30/25430/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7147
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11571

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