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CVE-2003-1540
WF-Chat 1.0 Beta stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.2%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 1006352 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 7147 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20030319 WF-Chat (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 8396 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 3645 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- wf-chat-plaintext-passwords(11571) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .