CVE-2007-2149
Chatness <2.5.3 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Gammarays · phpwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3725
References (4)
Scores
EPSS
0.0129
EPSS Percentile
79.8%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
stephen_craton/chatness
< 2.5.3
Published
Apr 19, 2007
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026