Stephen Craton (aka WiredPHP) Chatness 2.5.3 and earlier stores usernames and unencrypted…
Priority MEDIUM 48Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03088 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:stephen_craton:chatness:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 2.5.3 | Vulnerable | Stephen Craton |
- cpe:2.3:a:stephen_craton:chatness:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.5.3 Vulnerable ·Stephen Craton
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-2149
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w2cx-3pp9-7qw4
References
Advisory 1
Other 1
More Stephen Craton Chatness vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-02068 admin/options.php in Stephen Craton (aka WiredPHP) Chatness 2.5.3 and earlier does not… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2007-02069 Direct static code injection vulnerability in admin/save.php in Stephen Craton (aka… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2007-2149 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-2149 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w2cx-3pp9-7qw4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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