CVE-2007-2149

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-04-19 · updated 2026-06-16

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

Stephen Craton Chatness: through 2.5.3

References

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
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

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