Stephen Craton Chatness 2.5.3 html privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Stephen Craton Chatness 2.5.3 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation of the argument html results in privilege escalation. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2007-2148. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Stephen Craton Chatness 2.5.3 (Chat Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument html with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Direct static code injection vulnerability in admin/save.php in Stephen Craton (aka WiredPHP) Chatness 2.5.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to inject PHP code into .html files via the html parameter, as demonstrated by head.html and foot.html, which are included and executed upon a direct request for index.php. NOTE: a separate vulnerability could be leveraged to make this issue exploitable by remote unauthenticated attackers.

The weakness was released 04/19/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-2148 since 04/19/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download 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†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-36292 and VDB-36290. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

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-2007-2148 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2148
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36291
Secunia: 24873
Vupen: ADV-2007-1386

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

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 07/06/2025 02:19
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (45), 08/29/2018 09:41 (3), 07/06/2025 02:19 (24)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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