CVE-2007-2147
admin/options.php in Stephen Craton (aka WiredPHP) Chatness 2.5.3 and earlier does not check for administrative credentials, which allows remote attackers to read and modify the classes/vars.php and classes/varstuff.php configuration files via direct…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 3.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
admin/options.php in Stephen Craton (aka WiredPHP) Chatness 2.5.3 and earlier does not check for administrative credentials, which allows remote attackers to read and modify the classes/vars.php and classes/varstuff.php configuration files via direct requests.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.42% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 12 April 2007
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- stephen craton/chatness
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.4% 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.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24873Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2595
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465547/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24873Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2595
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465547/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1386
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.