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.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.94% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465547/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/24873	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1386	vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2595	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2149?: CVE-2007-2149 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2149?: To fix CVE-2007-2149, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-2149 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2007-2149 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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