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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2007-2144 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T13:23:50.974Z
Reserved: 2007-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2007-2149
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Status : Modified
Published: 2007-04-19T10:19:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2007-2149
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD