Stephen Craton Chatness 2.5.3 Configuration File Remote Code Execution

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Stephen Craton Chatness 2.5.3. This affects an unknown part of the component Configuration File. The manipulation leads to Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-2147. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Stephen Craton Chatness 2.5.3 (Chat Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Configuration File. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published 04/19/2007 (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-2147 since 04/19/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/06/2025).

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (3725) and Secunia (SA24873†). Similar entries are available at VDB-36292 and VDB-36291. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.9
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Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/19/2007 🔍
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03/13/2015 +2885 days 🔍
07/06/2025 +3768 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-2147 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2147
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36290
Secunia: 24873
Vupen: ADV-2007-1386

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 02:56 PM
Updated: 07/06/2025 02:36 AM
Changes: 03/13/2015 02:56 PM (45), 08/29/2018 09:41 AM (3), 07/06/2025 02:36 AM (24)
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