VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2007-2149

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 10.0EPSS 3.09%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 3.1%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.

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.

CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 3.09% probability · 88th 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 trend

EPSS 3.1% 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-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-3725 source ↗	Chatness 2.5.3 - '/options.php/save.php' Remote Code Executionphp · Gammarays	webapps	12 April 2007	yes

References

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