Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465547/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24873
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1386
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2595
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.