CVE-2007-2147

WiredPHP Chatness <2.5.3 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-2147.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an authentication bypass and arbitrary file write vulnerability in Chatness <= 2.5.3. It extracts admin credentials from /admin/options.php, logs in, and writes a PHP shell to head.html via /admin/save.php, achieving remote code execution.

Description

admin/options.php in Stephen Craton (aka WiredPHP) Chatness 2.5.3 and earlier does not check for administrative credentials, which allows remote attackers to read and modify the classes/vars.php and classes/varstuff.php configuration files via direct requests.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
phpwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3725

This exploit demonstrates an authentication bypass and arbitrary file write vulnerability in Chatness <= 2.5.3. It extracts admin credentials from /admin/options.php, logs in, and writes a PHP shell to head.html via /admin/save.php, achieving remote code execution.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Chatness <= 2.5.3
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target must have Chatness <= 2.5.3 installed · Admin credentials must be present in options.php
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465547/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24873
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1386
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2595

Scores

EPSS 0.0462
EPSS Percentile 89.5%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
stephen_craton/chatness < 2.5.3
Published Apr 19, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026