CVE-2023-39851 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

webchess v1.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the $playerID parameter at mainmenu.php. NOTE: this is disputed by a third party who indicates that the playerID is a session variable controlled by the server, and thus cannot be used for exploitation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00211.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Webchess Project	Webchess

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webchess_project:webchess:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/KLSEHB/vulnerability-report/blob/main/webchess_CVE-2023-39851
https://sourceforge.net/projects/webchess

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00161}`	epss `{'score': 0.00166}`

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-03T14:12:22.688Z

Reserved: 2023-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-39851

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:18:09.995Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-15T22:15:14.407

Modified: 2025-07-03T15:15:21.993

Link: CVE-2023-39851

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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