Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 19, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2007-2149

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.

Affected products

Stephen Craton/Chatness
cpe:2.3:a:stephen_craton:chatness:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.5.3

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

secunia.com/advisories/24873nvdVendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/2595nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465547/100/0/threadednvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1386nvd

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