CVE-2003-1540: Wfchat

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Wfchat Wfchat: version 1.0 only

Published 2003-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.