CVE-2007-2149 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.1% (pctl 87)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 3.09% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-04-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| stephen craton | chatness |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Chatness 2.5.3 - '/options.php/save.php' Remote Code Execution | 2007-04-12 |
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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