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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2004-2715

edituser.php3 in PHPMyChat 0.14.5 allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative privileges by setting the do_not_login parameter to false.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.58%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.6%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.

Description

edituser.php3 in PHPMyChat 0.14.5 allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative privileges by setting the do_not_login parameter to false.

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
4.58% probability · 92th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 15 June 2004
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
php heaven/phpmychat
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 4.58%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 4.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-24216source ↗phpHeaven phpMyChat 0.14.5 - 'edituser.php3?do_not_login' Authentication Bypassphp · HEXwebapps15 June 2004yes

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