{"id":"CVE-2004-2718","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2004-2718","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:40:14.114Z","title":"PHPMyChat 0.14.5 does not remove or protect setup.php3 after installation, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information including database passwords via a direct request.","description":"PHPMyChat 0.14.5 does not remove or protect setup.php3 after installation, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information including database passwords via a direct request.","published":"2004-12-31T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:10:13.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["php heaven/phpmychat"],"epss":{"score":0.01657,"percentile":0.76457,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2004-12-22","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":703,"kind":"exploit","title":"phpMyChat 0.14.5 - Remote Improper File Permissions","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/703","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/703.pl","file":"exploits/php/webapps/703.pl","published":"2004-12-22","added":"2004-12-21","updated":"2016-04-19","author":"sysbug","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-44922","CVE-2004-2718"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comphpMyChat-0.14.5.zip","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/11894","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/6D00S0KC0S.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/11894","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/6D00S0KC0S.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2718","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}