CVE-2007-2149

Chatness <2.5.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Gammarays · phpwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3725

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