CVE-2003-1540 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2003-1540

WF-Chat 1.0 Beta stores sensitive information under the web root...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

wfchat
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0

Timeline

Official Publish: February 13th, 2008
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.