CVE-2007-2149

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.

🔗 References (8)

• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/24873
• cve@mitrehttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/2595
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465547/100/0/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1386
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24873
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2595
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465547/100/0/threaded
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1386