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CVE-2003-1540

Published

20 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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WF-Chat 1.0 Beta stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain authentication information via a direct request to (1) !pwds.txt and (2) !nicks.txt..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5/10
Exploit Score: 10/10
Access Vector: Network
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Availability Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:a:wfchat:wfchat:1.0:beta::::::	Yes	-	-

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7147
http://securitytracker.com/id?1006352
http://secunia.com/advisories/8396
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3645
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11571
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/315583/30/25430/threaded