CVE-2007-2149
highpriority · attend · 51OT risk · highEPSS 0.031 · 88 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-3725Chatness 2.5.3 - '/options.php/save.php' Remote Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24873enisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2595enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465547/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1386enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24873Vendor Advisorynvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2595nvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465547/100/0/threadednvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1386nvd
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